"The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues."

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Source : Willie Dixon, Don Snowden (1989). “I am the blues: the Willie Dixon story”

Willie Dixon

#Mean Quotes #Roots Quotes #Long Quotes

“When you think about going back to the States you start to become more aware of the violence there and how we pollute the Earth more than the New Zealanders.”
“Opinion is not knowledge. You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to your own facts.”
“There never was a time in our history when ignorance of current affairs could be so dangerous.”

Source : "Can you give the public what it wants?" by Edgar Dale, 1967.
“You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.”
“We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can.”
“Actors always direct themselves. A good actor shows up onset ready, especially in television, and you've done your homework and you know your character. The director may have some variation on what you're thinking or they may have a different interpretation of the scene. So you come prepared to shoot and you've given yourself notes. In television, it may be the first time you're meeting this director and you've been living in this character's skin for a couple of years. It's always great to have fresh perspective and fresh insight, but no one knows your character better than you do.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“Cutting out bad habits is far more effective than cutting out organs.”
“I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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