My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.
From Taj Mahal
The song of the blues, the song of the music, was something a lot of people missed out on. They thought they had to swagger a certain way or bark at the mic, and you don't have to do that.
In looking out into the world, it didn't look all that nice out there. And who were the nice people? Certainly Mahatma Gandhi was.
I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.
I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.
I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.
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?
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