I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jaz...
The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.
The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
From the first album, Led Zeppelin was always going to be a totally new approach from what had gone before - whether it was approaching the blues or folk music like 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You': nothing...
The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.
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