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" These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms. "
Mick Taylor
Days
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Learn
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" Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female. "
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" I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters. "
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" I certainly want to get back to the U.S. to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida. "
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" I suppose because I have a good ear, I could pick out harmonies and learn by ear. I still think that you have to have an ear for music to really be able to feel and understand what you're playing. You can learn by watching and listening to other people. "
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" The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed. "
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" I've never stopped learning. "
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Stopped
Never
" The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues. "
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American
" It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have. "
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Nice
Band
Singing
" I'm sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this music on stage and people become familiar with it, it will become more popular. "
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People
Become
" If you've been playing for a few years, especially in a group context, you'll see if you have the ability or the passion to want to carry on. It's something that you have to be dedicated to and you've got to love, no matter what happens. "
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Group
You
Want
" What I've always lacked is a really strong band to back me up. "
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Up
Me
" I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played. "
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Instrument
First
Songs
" I didn't think of myself as a lead player, especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to switch around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It wasn't strict and regimented. "
Mick Taylor
Myself
Live
Me
" It's sometimes impossible to fit in all the music we want to fit in, in an hour and 45 minute show. "
Mick Taylor
Sometimes
Impossible
Want
" It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now that it's being released. "
Mick Taylor
New
Now
Involved
" I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with. "
Mick Taylor
Becoming
Pleasure
Playing
" I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage. I don't think I'll get the chance for a while. "
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Think
Chance
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" The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique. "
Mick Taylor
Kind
Unique
Style
" The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there. "
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Group
Gone
Comeback
" I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway. "
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Sacrifice
Why
Then
" I have a really good band, and just returned from a short tour in California. It hasn't always gone that well. "
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Short
Good
California
" The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar tastes and aspirations and like music as much as you do. "
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You
Music
" Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea. "
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