I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I dont suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so.

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I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the...

I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the...

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis...

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis...

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make...

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make...

I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were...

I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were...

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised...

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised...

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.

I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were...

I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were...

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.

I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never...

I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never...

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make...

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make...

Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished.

Once you became associated with a children's show, you're finished.

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't...

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't...

I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other...

I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other...

If the same phrase in the same place created the right effect, I was perfectly...

If the same phrase in the same place created the right effect, I was perfectly...

In those days, between the ages of 12 and 18 you meant nothing. You were...

In those days, between the ages of 12 and 18 you meant nothing. You were...

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised...

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised...

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.

Im a compulsive musician, but its also a bloody good way out of having to...

Im a compulsive musician, but its also a bloody good way out of having to...

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldnt...

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldnt...