John Dawson Winter III (Johnny Winter) Quotes

When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.

John Dawson Winter III

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• I'm a liberal, but I'm not biased. Seriously.

  

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• When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time, and then we became friends. And then we lost touch, which I'm really sorry about.

  

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• We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in with a different perspective. We bought some used equipment, as simple as we could.

  

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• I agree that the two-party system stomps on any kind of competition. A great first step is to open the presidential debates to all qualified candidates, including the Libertarians. If that happens, the Libertarian party will experience unprecedented growth.

  

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• I'm disregarding all the rules I've seen as people approach writing music. I'm trying to break them.

  

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• I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.

  

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• We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments.

  

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• In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk.

  

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• You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

  

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• My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.

  

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• I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

  

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• I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.

  

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• I'm not thinking about the next record really yet. I kind of want to do a bunch of stuff with Jonathan Zawada, the guy who did the album art. I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record.

  

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• God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.

  

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• I feel like in our society there is definitely still a lot of underlying sexism. It's funny how many guys are surprised when you pick up an instrument in the studio, or write your own songs.

  

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• When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.

  

  John Dawson Winter III