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"My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion."
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"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."
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"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."
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"At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts."
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"My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964."
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"It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going."
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"First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'."
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"The first band I was in, I think was called The Strangers. I got the sack because I was too small!"
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"There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you."
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"I just came from Aspen, Colorado and they had fifteen kids I played for and they all played horns."
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"People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio."
People
"I always had the facial hair so I looked older than I was."
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"My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion."
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"Michael Coleman, now that was a boy that taught me some stuff too."
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"My boys told me they'd rather play than practice."
Boys
"Three months. I was playing the organ for three months. It was a challenge for me in the beginning."
Beginning
"I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad."
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"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."
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"I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell."
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