It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform, instructors who called me by my last name and my classmates, who, while friendly enough, were not at all inspiring.
Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt.
To fill the shoes of rock 'n' roll, because of the family I have, is a really hard thing.
In the early '70s, I started to feel like Philadelphia soul was the black-sheep brother of rock and roll. I decided to try to get away from it.
Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.
My brother and I moved out to Hollywood initially to be a band, and where we lived, there was crime all over with my brother and I being the victims sometimes.
My family wasn't in the music business, but they loved music.
When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.
Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.
I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot.
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