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Mick Taylor, born on January 17, 1949, is a renowned musician whose achievements and contributions have made him an important figure in the history of rock music.

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“I've never stopped learning.”

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

Remember Song Songwriters Chords

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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.”

Pleasure Friends Becoming Eric Hendrix

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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.”

Important Friends Involved Taste Important Things Instinct Intuition Aspiration Get Involved

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

Ideas Sometimes Shows Running Order Good Ideas

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“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.”

People Young Player Becoming Music Is Female Meetings Males Guitar Becoming More Guitar Player Blues Music

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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.”

Want Country Play Bigs New York Enjoyed Get Back Florida

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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.”

Sacrifice Advise

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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.”

Thinking Writing Play Home Song Chance Stage Guitar Piano

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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.”

People Thinking Feels Stills Able Listening Picks Ears Harmony Listening To Others

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

Strong Band

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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.”

Ifs Want Years Matter Happens Passion Ability Groups No Matter What Dedicated Love No Matter What

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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”

America Black Changed Scene Musician International Clubs

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

Way Technology Video These Days Cds

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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”

Kind Different Certain Ability Attitude Groups Style Unique Stones Musical I Realized Different Kinds Musical Ability

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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”

Reason Enough Whole Song Felt Bits Groups Couple Decided Credit Rubbish Had Enough

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“The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues”

Stones Inspired Rhythm Rhythm And Blues

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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”

Years Involved Finished These Days Frustrating Cds

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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”

Firsts Mother Song Written Instruments Piano

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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”

Ifs Ideas Enough Roots No Idea Ancestry

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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.”

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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.”

Kind Book Used Shapes Pops All Kinds Chords Pop Music

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Born: January 17, 1949
Known for: Musician
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