Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues.
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I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.John Mayall
The way I look at it, they're all part of my musical diary, and I can listen to any one of them and it will bring up memories of what was going on at that time.
John Mayall
Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself.
John Mayall
I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.
John Mayall
what came from Manchester Stevie Winwood and Spencer Davis were the Birmingham contingent and then from the North we had The Animals, Eric Burdon -- and further up north was the Alex Harvey Band from Scotland. We all converged on London, we all had our own different styles, and it just became the London melting pot, really.
John Mayall
Joe's been my drummer for 14 years, and we've been buddies for six years.
John Mayall
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