Ian McLagan

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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.

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I was never really a Mod. I thought I was more of a beatnik with the brown corduroy jacket, blue jeans, etc. I loved the music Mods liked, and I loved the clothes, but I didn't have any money to spend on them.

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Small Faces were really a soul band as far as we were concerned. That's what we listened to; that's what we played, you know? We were pretty much based on Booker T. and the M.G.'s.

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My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fats Domino and Little Richard and Buddy Holly. And the movies, my dad used to take my brother and I to the movies every Friday. It was incredible: we got to see just about every movie that came out for a period of years.

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You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know. I just want the hugs, the kisses. A kiss!

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I'm terrible remembering lyrics. Before a tour, I have to remind myself. I have to go through the songs.

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What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.

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I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers.

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When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm pals.

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I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there.

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