"Saturday night is your big night. Everybody used to fry up fish and have one hell of a time. Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich. And be glad of it." - Muddy Waters, born this day in 1913.
"Patriotism can be good or bad. Knee-jerk patriotism can be very bad. I'm patriotic almost to the point of self-consciousness, but I love my country the way I love a friend or a child who I would correct if she was going the wrong way." - Emmylou Harris, born this day in 1947.
"We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other." - Aretha Franklin, born this day in 1942.
"People have learned how to strum a guitar, but they don't have the soul. They don't feel it from the heart. It hurts me. I'm killin' myself to tell them how it is." - Lightnin' Hopkins, born this day in 1912.
Life is short
Filled with stuff
Don't know what for
I ain't had enough
I learned all I know
By the age of 9
But I could better myself
If I could only find
Some new kind of kick
Something I ain't had
Some new kind of buzz
I wanna go hog mad
"Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it." - Johnny Winter. Born this day in 1944. Checked out while on tour at age 70 in 2014. He talked it. He walked it.
"I love classical music and that had a big influence on me. When you play a classical record I like the tension in that kind of music. That’s what I wanted to do with my riffs. I wanted to create some tension and drama. I wanted to create that same thing that you get like watching a horror film or listening to a real heavy classical album. I wanted to do that with rock." - Tony Iommi, born this day in 1948.
"When I left Genesis, I just wanted to be out of the music business. I felt like I was just in the machinery. We knew what we were going to be doing in 18 months or two years ahead. I just did not enjoy that." - Peter Gabriel
When I get to the bottom
I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn
And I go for a ride
Til I get to the bottom
And I see you again
Yeah yeah yeeaah
"The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat." - Cicely Tyson