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• Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass. — Colin Greenwood
• I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie… — Jonny Lang
• You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children… — Carlos Santana
• The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis… — Steven Van Zandt
• I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis… — Robbie Robertson
• I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started… — Burning Spear
• Music is a stepping stone to get to my goal. I want to be able to create a Movie and do an… — Dr. Dre
• You said you're ready like Freddie to battle me but the real Freddie's Dead and I ain't Curtis Mayfield. — Kool G Rap
• There were individuals at the time who were on the proverbial wish list, and before we had to wait too long, they… — Don Cornelius

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