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James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make a record with them, that he called me to do this record. I'd never done anything like that before. But I love blues, so I was very happy.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Anything Before Blues Cotton Done Guy Happy He James Like Love Make Me Muddy Never Played Real Record Surprised Them Very Want Waters Would I Love

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I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big band within 500 miles and that I could do what I wanted to do. And they said I could.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Always Arts Band Big Big Band Cal Could First First Of All Jazz Me Miles People Said Studies Wanted Within

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There's like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. It's nice. I just gave a workshop in Boston at the New England Conservatory, which was really nice.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Boston Come Conservatory Different Different Parts England Gave Group Just Like Me New New England Nice Parts People Planet Really Special Study Which Workshop

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I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my contribution or my appreciation and respect for this life that we're living, and to try to make it better. I can't feel that I'm making it better playing commercial music, and I never could, and I never will.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Appreciation As Far As Better Clear Commercial Contribution Could Far Feel Important Life Living Make Making Music Never Picture Playing Respect Try Very Want Will I Feel

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I always felt that I was born in the wrong era. I wanted to be friends with John Garfield, for instance.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Always Born Era Felt Friends Instance John Wanted Wrong I Was Born

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I wish I could've been friends with Charlie Parker and played with him. That's my period. I feel real close to the '40s - and actually, I was born in '37, so I was a kid singing on the radio in the '40s. But I always dreamed of going to big cities.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Actually Always Been Big Big Cities Born Charlie Charlie Parker Cities Close Dreamed Feel Friends Going Him Kid Parker Period Played Radio Real Singing Wish I Wish I Feel I Was Born

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My parents were on the Grand Ole Opry. They traveled all over the country singing hillbilly music. That's what they called it back then. They were friends with Roy Acuff and the Delmore Brothers and the Carter Family. And all of my brothers and sisters who were older than me started on the show, after they were big enough to hold a guitar and sing.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: After Back Big Big Enough Brothers Brothers And Sisters Carter Country Enough Family Friends Grand Guitar Hillbilly Hold Me Music Older Over Parents Roy Show Sing Singing Sisters Started Than Then Traveled Were Who

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I don't sing now, because I had polio when I was 15, bulbar polio. This was when the epidemic was happening. And I was lucky that it didn't affect my lungs or my legs. It went to my face and kind of paralyzed my vocal chords, and I wasn't able to sing. And they said I was very lucky that I would get over it, which I did.

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Able Affect Because Chords Did Epidemic Face Get Had Happening Kind Legs Lucky Lungs Now Over Over It Paralyzed Polio Said Sing Very Vocal Which Would

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I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming interested in the sounds of jazz. And I went to a concert of Jazz at the Philharmonic when we lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and I saw Charlie Parker play and Billie Holiday sing and Lester Young play, and that did it. I said, 'That's what I want to do.'

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Becoming Billie Holiday Charlie Charlie Parker Classical Classical Music Concert Did Everything Holiday Interested Jazz Listened Lived Music Nebraska Parker Play Said Saw Sing Sounds Started Want Young

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I can write a song about my hero Che Guevara and call it 'Song for Che.'

~Charlie Haden

Topics: About Call Hero Song Write I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 6th, 1937

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