"There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland"

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Source : Interview with Vasja Ivanovski, www.blesok.com.mk. May/June 2003.

Johnny Winter

#Two Quotes #Blue Quotes #People Quotes

“We have the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should tolerate even them whenever we can do so without running a great risk; but the risk may become so great that we cannot allow ourselves the luxury.”
“Knowing that I make somebody's day better is all that matters at the end of the day.”
“If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”
“Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society.”
“On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . .”
“The paparazzi stuff is a little weird. I used to leave the house in my pajamas. I can't do that anymore, but I'm not complaining!”
“Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.”
“Fine taste is an aspect of genius itself, and is the faculty of delicate appreciation, which makes the best effects of art our own.”

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