I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall.
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At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... ' They were Indian drums. And I was saying, 'But that guitar. That guitar. Girls are going to like that guitar.'
Cowboys had guitars. And they sang country 'cause they lived in the country.
I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'
We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.
I think the world of Chuck Berry.
If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes.
Everybody grows in their own way.
I don't like overt traditionalism.
That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me.
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