American - Musician | May 17, 1942 -
I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
Taj Mahal
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It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.
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If the Rolling Stones are playing a concert across town, that's not my audience anyways. But I do find that there's a lot of people coming back around to see me again.
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As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs.
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The one thing I've always demanded of the records I've made is that they be danceable.
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My parents grew up during the Harlem renaissance.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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I'm perceived as someone who goes out and searches for new music, but it was all present in my household.
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All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s.
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More and more people are finally realizing that in the heart of America, there's all this incredible music that wasn't widely heard before because it wasn't in the interest of those who feel they have to control the taste of the wider public.
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