Blind Faith Quotes
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But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I'm gonna blow you both away.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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When you're onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it's very artificial. You can't really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
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The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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You can't mastermind everything. You'll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, 'This is fantastic.'
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.
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I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
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One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma.
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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same - 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together.
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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated.
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The mother of invention in music is necessity, not Frank Zappa!
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.
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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don't like yours and you don't like mine.
