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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?

— Taj Mahal

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it.

— Benjamin Booker

I went with a friend to see Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas, in the last year that he was performing. He wasn't necessarily on top form, but the way he could connect with an audience and the way he communicated through the lyrics was something I hadn't ever really seen before.

— Ron Howard

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

— Evan Parker

I love the pioneers like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, but when I write music, it comes out in my own way.

— Leon Bridges

My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.

— Jamie xx

We happened to be in the studio next door and I think Noel Redding came around and said, 'Do you fancy having a sing on this?' We just went and did it and it was great.

— Roy Wood

I do not recall ever seeing Spirit perform live.

— Jimmy Page

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.

— Roland Gift

Music is about the performance.

— Vanessa Mae

The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day.

— William Christopher Handy

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