Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.

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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...

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.

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...

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.

In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important...

In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important...

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.

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...

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...

I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to...

I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.

When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.