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" When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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'm doing exactly what I always wanted to do, and I still like what I can do musically. "

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

" My parents grew up during the Harlem renaissance. "

" What you have to understand is that blues... it's in a line from the oldest forms of African music. If you're playing it like it's an echo of the past, it would be a lot less exciting, but this music lives today. "

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

" 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. "

" As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of. "

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

" I would have never gotten to college if it hadn't been for getting up at 4 A.M. and milking them Holsteins. "

" 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. "

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

" As I got more involved in music, one of the things that made me excited, from the time I was a child, was that clear link between our ancestors and the sounds we hear today. "

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

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

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

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

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

" What the future of the planet and music and art and all of it is sharing; it's diversity. "

" More and more people are finally realizing that in the heart of America, there's all this incredible music that wasn't widely heard before because it wasn't in the interest of those who feel they have to control the taste of the wider public. "

" All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s. "

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

" 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. "

" As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer. "

" When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie. "

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

" 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. "