I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America.
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Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.Roy Ayers
I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.
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I don't trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.
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I'm not imprisoned within any particular style or category of music. I grew up in the be-bop culture or what people today call classic jazz.
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People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that.
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I got married in 1973, and my career was really at its peak between 1975, and '81-'82. Everything I put out could do no wrong. Like you can't imagine.
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