Charlie Musselwhite quotes
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“To me, the harmonica is like a voice.”
-- Charlie MusselwhiteSource : "Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite Get Muddy". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. January 31, 2013.
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“It is secular spiritual music, the gospel blues. It's music from the heart instead of the head.”
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“The harmonica is the most voice-like instrument, you can make it wail, feel happy, or cry. It's like singing the blues without words.”
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“Sometimes the spirit is playing you. I call it following the will of the music, and when that feeling shows up, you just go with it. It's almost like I'm a bystander. I'm watching this happening, and it's not a mental process. It's just spontaneous.”
-- Charlie MusselwhiteSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“Some players, they have all their licks memorized. They think about what they're going to play, but I try to think about what not to play. Tone and phrasing, that's what's important - less is more. The feeling, that's the thing.”
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“I love the music, but being on the road ain't a piece of cake, but it is real rewarding. You've got to - all those people can't come to my house, so I've got to go out on the road and play for them.”
-- Charlie MusselwhiteSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“When (Big) Walter was in the right mood, he could be the most ferocious, the most inventive, the most dangerous harp player I ever heard.”
-- Charlie Musselwhite
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“I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.”
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“Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.”
Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.
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“To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.”
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“To me, the harmonica is like a voice.”
Source : "Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite Get Muddy". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. January 31, 2013.
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“I was messing around with the harmonica... but I was 13 before I got a real good note out of it.”
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