Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
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One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.
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Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
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Ever since I was a child I’ve always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there’s always a melody in there.
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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It’s not like I’m cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.
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The best part of touring, still, is touching people’s hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.
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Most people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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Bring the brothers home, and sisters home now. Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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