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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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" The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues. "

Taj Mahal

Blues

Been

Place

" I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking. "

" The one thing I've always demanded of the records I've made is that they be danceable. "

" I'm a composer, man. "

Taj Mahal

Man

Composer

" My parents grew up during the Harlem renaissance. "

Taj Mahal

Parents

Grew

" My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music. "

" I just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in. "

" I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play. "

" I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" I've got tons more stuff to do. "

Taj Mahal

Tons

Stuff

" 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.' "

" I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music. "

" 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. "

Taj Mahal

Children

Family

" I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean. "

" American music is a powerful ingredient in international music, and as much as it comes from within, it also comes from without. "

" Very old music is, like, 11th century in my mind. That's very old. "

" It's pretty exciting. An honorary doctorate of the arts. It doesn't get any better. "

" My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective. "

" 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. "

" Music is like the soul of the planet. "

" I enjoy music wherever it's coming from. "

" 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. "

" I'm perceived as someone who goes out and searches for new music, but it was all present in my household. "