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I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good.

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I'm celebrating my 40th year in show business this year.

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I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

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Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company.

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Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.

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Only a certain number of people go to a store over the period of a year. When a person sees my record on the shelf, it eliminates someone else's record from being sold. It's about continuing to try to find new ways to sell records.

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People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that.

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Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property.

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The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors.

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What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: September 10th, 1940

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