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My first love was the sound of guitar.

~Boz Scaggs

Topics: First First Love Guitar Love Sound

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As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It's not a style that's difficult to pick up. It's purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with.

~Boz Scaggs

Topics: Because Blues Dead Difficult Easily Easy Get Gravitate Guitar Guitar Player Pick Play Player Purely Start Style Up You

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This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our music with other people, and this takes us to people who probably wouldn't otherwise get to hear music on quite this level.

~Boz Scaggs

Topics: Because Being Cause Get Hear Hear Music Heart Level Main Music Musicians Other Otherwise Our Our Music People Quite Reasons Share Take Takes Us Who

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A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.

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Topics: Always Done Lot Other Singers

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As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.

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Topics: As Far As Far Like Love Mellow Other Paul Piano Players Sax To Love Used I Love

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From the time I moved to San Francisco in 1967 to play with the Steve Miller Band, there was a lot of support in the music community for one cause or another, but this one was special because it was put on by people who understood where musicians' hearts are.

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Topics: Another Band Because Cause Community Francisco Hearts Lot Miller Moved Music Musicians People Play Put San San Francisco Special Steve Support Time Understood Where Who

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I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena.

~Boz Scaggs

Topics: Am Arena Enter Even Footing Jazz Myself Place Singer I Am

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I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn't interested.

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Topics: Able Away Feel Fortunate Interested Step I Feel

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I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything.

~Boz Scaggs

Topics: After Anything Artist Felt Had Hits Late Performer Recording Retrospect Saying Seventies String Successes Time

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I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.

~Boz Scaggs

Topics: Blues Classical Did Guitar Guitar Players Jazz Listened Players Rock Rock And Roll Roll Same Same Thing Spanish Thing Voice Well

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: June 8th, 1944

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