"The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues."

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"The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues."

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"I certainly want to get back to the U.S. to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida."

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"It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now that it's being released."

Time

"It's sometimes impossible to fit in all the music we want to fit in, in an hour and 45 minute show."

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"The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there."

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"I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music."

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"The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique."

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"Altamont... I remember all of that. That was an awful day."

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"The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed."

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"The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar tastes and aspirations and like music as much as you do."

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"I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with."

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