Mick Taylor Quotes

• Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players.... male and female.

  Mick Taylor

  Player, Guitar, People

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique

  Mick Taylor

  Attitude, Unique, Musical Ability

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• The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar taste and aspirations and like music as much as you do.

  Mick Taylor

  Friends, Intuition, Important

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed

  Mick Taylor

  America, Black, Musician

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• I've never stopped learning.

  Mick Taylor

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• The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there.

  Mick Taylor

  Gone Away, Groups, Needs

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• I suppose because I have a good ear, I could pick out harmonies and learn by ear... I still think that you have to have an ear for music to really be able to feel and understand what you're playing. You can learn by watching and listening to other people.

  Mick Taylor

  Thinking, Listening To Others, People

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce

  Mick Taylor

  Song, Couple, Rubbish

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• I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

  Mick Taylor

  Mother, Song, Piano

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• I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.

  Mick Taylor

  Song, Remember, Chords

  The Artist Shop IRC Chat, www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.

  Mick Taylor

  Sacrifice, Advise

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

  Mick Taylor

  Running, Order, Ideas

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• I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. ...both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

  Mick Taylor

  Friends, Eric, Becoming

  Log for The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor Sunday, www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• If you've been playing for a few years...especially in a group context... you'll see if you have the ability ... or the passion to want to carry on. It's something that you have to be dedicated to ...and you've got to love ..no matter what happens.

  Mick Taylor

  Passion, Years, Want

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues

  Mick Taylor

  Rhythm And Blues, Stones, Inspired

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• What I've always lacked is a really strong band to back me up.

  Mick Taylor

  Strong, Band

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• I had to learn chord shapes... I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

  Mick Taylor

  Book, Shapes, Kind

  The Artist Shop IRC Chat, www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now that it's being released

  Mick Taylor

  Years, Cds, These Days

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• Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea

  Mick Taylor

  Ideas, Roots, Ancestry

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• I play the piano a lot at home, I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage... I don't think I'll get the chance for a while.

  Mick Taylor

  Song, Home, Writing

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms.

  Mick Taylor

  Technology, Cds, Video

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• I certainly want to get back to the US to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida.

  Mick Taylor

  Country, New York, Florida

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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