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What the future of the planet and music and art and all of it is sharing; it's diversity.

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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.

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As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.

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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.

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I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs.

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My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.

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I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.

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I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.

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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.

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If what you're talking about is seeing someone perform, then I'll have to say that in the rhythm-and-blues side of things, seein' Otis Redding live was it, you know?

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: May 17th, 1942

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