Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes
The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues.
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.
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Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.
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I moved to Lucerne, where I have lived happily with my family ever since.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
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I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.
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Actors in general have some place in them that can be sensitive and easily damaged: not damaged in a bad way, but insecurity, because that's what it breeds, especially in females and female-lead types.
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When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot.
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I think Detroit is where muscle meets brains.
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These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.
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I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.
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I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.
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As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.
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To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you probably aren't.
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The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues.
