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" Promoters don't book you 'cause they like you; they do it 'cause there's good business to be done. "

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" People who love the applause should have it, but I don't care for it. "

" Santa Monica, where I have always lived, is not a town where you will find storefront Church of God in Christ churches. So, the whole idea of gospel quartet singing is something I never knew existed until I began to hear it on record. "

" Sure, immigrants will do work that no-one else will do. There was even a movie about it - 'A Day Without Mexicans.' "

" Having my son on drums has made a huge difference. I can't stress this strongly enough, in terms of the groove space and style that Joachim gave me to instinctively play what I felt in a more free way, rather than feeling constricted. That's true on record and on stage. "

" Chavez Ravine is the dawn of Chicano consciousness. "

" If it hadn't been for record people like Ralph Peer, the Chess brothers, and Alan Lomax, then life would've been unbelievably dull, and I would've been sacking groceries somewhere and probably, at this point, running a little 7-Eleven down by the airport. "

" I don't like being watched, and I don't like being an entertainer. "

" I went on tour with Ricky Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White, and the White Family in 2015. It was fantastic. They're all the greatest singers of that country stuff, traditional country up into bluegrass. "

" I had a lot of luck in meeting great musicians who were kind enough to show me things. "

" I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good. "

" Travelling is hard. I'm no traveller. I hate flying, and I hate hotels. "

" I'm sort of an osmotic fellow. "

" To me, the Internet is a big scam. "

" You can play as good as you want, but you have to sing from a place of living. "

" Music is a treasure hunt. You dig and dig, and sometimes you find something. "

" The thing I always found about the gospel music was that it reached further into your being if you like, your mind. It takes hold of you - especially if you sing it and play it. "

" When I was little, 4 or 5 years old, the first guitar I had was given to me by a blacklisted violinist - a lefty, commie guy, pinko man. "

" I think I'm more relaxed; I think I'm more philosophical. I don't get worried as much as I used to about things. "

" It all started back in '69 when I worked with Jack Nitzche on 'Performance.' That was my first experience of doing soundtracks, and I've enjoyed doing them ever since. "

" I can't help what people write or think. If somebody thinks I'm a serious archivist, they're wrong. That's been a problem. It's a shame people take that attitude, because it affects how they listen to the music. It's a big mistake to treat any pop music that way. "

" I'm a great lover of ballads. "

" When the real world intrudes on your musical fantasies, I get put out. "

" You have to be able to improvise and respond to what's going on around you. Then you might get a good piece of work done. "

" How many BMWs do you need? How many Rolex watches you gonna wear in your lifetime, for crying out loud? What is it about that kind of desire? I don't understand it. "

" I'm not interested in making folkloric records, but I like to push the traditional format around so that familiar patterns get knocked on the head. "

" It's crazy to make records nobody buys. It's just a waste of time. "

" I've been wanting an ice cream truck forever. "

" People have all sorts of expectations which you can't meet. Me, I'm so reclusive I stay away from such things as much as I can. I never go anywhere. "

" Everyone thought my first album would be instrumental, but I didn't want to do it - it took me eight months to make. "

" It's good to see more young people playing instruments. "