American - Musician | 1968 -
'In the Pines' is a very old song dating back to slavery. Lead Belly made it popular.
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Ain't nobody more punk rock than Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, even Little Richard.
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I'm in a collective with the same guys I met on the streets at 12. The greatest investments I ever made were those friendships.
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When I was born, my mother said all the nurses wanted to come see the colored baby.
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Everybody agreed I had all this talent, but I didn't know what to make of it.
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I became Fantastic Negrito, and I felt like there was a rawness and an honesty in that music that I could relate to. That I was ready, finally, in my life to be that honest with myself.
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Blues purists may hate what I do sometimes because it's a little dirtier.
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I had this dream that you get this record deal, and you're a star, and everybody loves you - but I was a youngster, and it didn't work out that way.
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When I was a youngster, I wrote all this music - it just came out of me - and I think record executives were like, 'Oh, wow, he's a genius, let's give him a million dollars!' But the minute I started producing the records, they'd be like, 'Oh, my God, you're terrible! You're all over the place! We can't market this!'
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I could have worked with great people like Nile Rodgers, which I regret. I don't have many regrets, but I remember he'd shown some interest, and I was just in my own world, man.
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There came a point where I did give up on music, but I'm the kind of person that when I face obstacles, I become more determined. It's just something weird within me.
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Without busking, there is no Fantastic Negrito.
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