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"In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues."
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"Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney."
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"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
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"In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues."
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"I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so."
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"I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt."
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"Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family."
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"I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do."
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"In those days, between the ages of 12 and 18 you meant nothing. You were the extra place at the side table if someone came to dinner. You were of no interest to anyone."
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"The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality."
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"When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh."
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"Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music."
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"I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the other me can't play is the dominant one."
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