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" I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister. "
Taj Mahal
College
Brother
Music
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" The song of the blues, the song of the music, was something a lot of people missed out on. They thought they had to swagger a certain way or bark at the mic, and you don't have to do that. "
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" I'm doing exactly what I always wanted to do, and I still like what I can do musically. "
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" What you have to understand is that blues... it's in a line from the oldest forms of African music. If you're playing it like it's an echo of the past, it would be a lot less exciting, but this music lives today. "
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" I've only been on MTV once as one of their 'Closet Classics,' with some bootleg footage of a 1970 tour I did in Holland. They didn't know what to make of my music, but they finally invented a name for it - world beat music. "
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" In looking out into the world, it didn't look all that nice out there. And who were the nice people? Certainly Mahatma Gandhi was. "
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" I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play. "
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" I just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in. "
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" My grandmother had many children. She lost most. So when we came along, we were really special. I was the first grandchild that could see her spirit moving to a new generation. "
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She
" Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit. "
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" I'm doing exactly what I should be doing, every day on the road. "
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Should
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" My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective. "
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" I was always taught that Latin, Caribbean people were cousins to me, as well as blues was a cousin to me, as well as Africans were direct relatives to me. It was all a part of my language. "
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People
Me
" I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music. "
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African
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" It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not. "
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You
Interesting
Time
" It's pretty exciting. An honorary doctorate of the arts. It doesn't get any better. "
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Arts
Exciting
Get
" I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing. "
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Know
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You
" If what you're talking about is seeing someone perform, then I'll have to say that in the rhythm-and-blues side of things, seein' Otis Redding live was it, you know? "
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Live
Seeing
Know
" I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology. "
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Know
Roots
" Music is like the soul of the planet. "
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Planet
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" I've got tons more stuff to do. "
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" My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences. "
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" I enjoy music wherever it's coming from. "
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Music
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" The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues. "
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Place
" What the future of the planet and music and art and all of it is sharing; it's diversity. "
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" American music is a powerful ingredient in international music, and as much as it comes from within, it also comes from without. "
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Music
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" If the Rolling Stones are playing a concert across town, that's not my audience anyways. But I do find that there's a lot of people coming back around to see me again. "
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" As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of. "
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" I haven't worn one for a long time, but I look pretty good in a suit. "
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" When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie. "
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