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" I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale. "
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" We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music comes from. And romantic poetry. And bad novels. "
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" Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing this kind of music, I always have him in my mind. I wish I could play like Hubert. "
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" Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things. "
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