- Guitar Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Handing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I've got to consider how it's going to affect people. How it's going to affect me, as well. Because it's like a cycle.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.
- Guitar Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dedication to my music has driven everyone away. I've had girlfriends, but I always end up on my own. I don't particularly like it, but I don't see a way 'round it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I'm just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues.
- Greatest Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
- Muse
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes.
- Establishing
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- Nov 07, 2020