Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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My advice wouldn’t be good to anybody. I don’t see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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I don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
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I make a very good steak.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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