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 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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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...

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...