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" I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life. "
Boz Scaggs
Life
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" The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer. "
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Love
" I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me. "
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Electricity
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World
Other
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Influences
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You
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Lot
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