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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. "
Taj Mahal
Music
Thoughts
Own
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" No matter what went down, music was always going to be a part of my life. What ultimately happened is that, over a period of time, I just kind of looked around and when like, 'Wow! I'm actually making a living doing this.' "
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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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" 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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" I enjoy music wherever it's coming from. "
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" Ziggy Marley is the third generation of Marleys I know. I knew his grandmother and his dad - I did a children's album with his grandmother. They're like family. "
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" I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency. "
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" The one thing I've always demanded of the records I've made is that they be danceable. "
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" All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s. "
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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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" Naw, it - it never stops, man... You gotta be doing what you're supposed to be doing - whenever, however it's coming down, you know. If you're getting your butt kicked - you still gotta do what you gotta be doing. "
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" I'm doing exactly what I should be doing, every day on the road. "
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" I pretty much move around wherever I like. "
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" As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer. "
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" 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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" My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it. "
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Father
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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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" I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music. "
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" Music is like the soul of the planet. "
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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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People
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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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Look
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" When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music. "
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" My parents grew up during the Harlem renaissance. "
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Grew
" 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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" I would have never gotten to college if it hadn't been for getting up at 4 A.M. and milking them Holsteins. "
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