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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. "
Taj Mahal
People
Nice
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" I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs. "
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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. "
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" I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency. "
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" I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean. "
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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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" As I got more involved in music, one of the things that made me excited, from the time I was a child, was that clear link between our ancestors and the sounds we hear today. "
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" More and more people are finally realizing that in the heart of America, there's all this incredible music that wasn't widely heard before because it wasn't in the interest of those who feel they have to control the taste of the wider public. "
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" What the future of the planet and music and art and all of it is sharing; it's diversity. "
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" When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music. "
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" I'm a composer, man. "
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" My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences. "
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" Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit. "
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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 just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in. "
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" I'm doing exactly what I should be doing, every day on the road. "
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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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" I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking. "
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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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" Very old music is, like, 11th century in my mind. That's very old. "
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" I'm perceived as someone who goes out and searches for new music, but it was all present in my household. "
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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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Time
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" It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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