Edgar Winter Quotes

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• As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.
• There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from…
• The most profound, tangible influence in my life has been my wife, Monique. I don't know that I would even be alive were it not…
• When you record for a label, they own that material in perpetuity, meaning that they can release, chose not to release , or repackage it…
• The mountain is high, the valley is low, and you're confused on which way to go. So I've come here to give you a hand,…
• I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, and certainly 'Frankenstein' had a very dramatic power rock image. It was almost a precursor of heavy metal…
• We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs.
• I've always had a great love of music since childhood. It changes every day.. every time you write, it's a new experience. It's a self…
• I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is energetic, it pales…
• I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it.
• Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
• I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.
• I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
• I just want to thank all my fans for their loyalty and support-for coming out to the shows and buying the CDs.
• I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people like that with…
• I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.
• I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
• So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
• I hadn't realized the number of people that are still interested in listening to what I am doing, people I would never know about if…
• When I did it with Johnny, it was almost a telepathic kind of communication.

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