These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.
And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.
I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.
And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.
Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.
Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.
Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing this kind of music, I always have him in my mind. I wish I could play like Hubert.
Commercial radio is owned by one or two corporations now, and they're not in the music business. They're in the advertising business, ... So let's not kid ourselves. If you want to hear music, go buy a guitar.
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