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Sometimes they'd put a rope down the middle of the dance hall to divide black and white kids. But to make yourself known you had to tour to be heard. We had to take Muhammad to the mountain.I had no choice as I am only good at being a guitarist.
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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When I first heard how all you British guys loved what we were doing I was thrilled. While the Civil Rights movement was fighting for the respect of black people, I felt I was fighting for the respect of the blues.
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I knew that it would be tough. As they always say — if you're white and play the blues, you're black once. If you're black and you play the blues, you're black twice.
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The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
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Born:
September 16, 1925
Died:
May 14, 2015
(aged 89)
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