Steve Winwood Quotes

You would probably think that rock music is an urban phenomena, but the main reason for doing it in '68 was so that we could play music very loud any time of the day or night without getting complaints from the neighbours.

Steve Winwood Blind Faith

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  Steve Winwood Blind Faith
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