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“I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty.”

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Jules Shear is a renowned American songwriter, born in 1952. His works span a variety of musical genres, including pop, rock, and folk. In the music industry, Shear is known for his profound lyrics and unique musical talent. more

“I mean, it's not just the rappers, you know what i'm saying? People want to attack anybody that's a large figure, you know what I'm saying? They did it to [Michael] Jordan, they did it to [Mike] Tyson, they did it to Bill Cosby, you know what I'm saying? They're gonna' attack you if you on top.”

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Author:The Notorious B.I.G.

“I used to go and do some sitting in with Robert Nighthawk when he were playing at the 708 Club in Chicago. He was a tremendous slideman. I never saw him do anything other than play the slide. I never just saw him just use his hand. He always used a slide. He had a little-bitty drummer we called "Shorty". He was about that high [hand gesture]. And he was his drummer. That's all he had was a slide guitar and a drummer.”

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Author:Junior Wells

“I used to write songs that mimicked other songs that I would hear as a kid, cos I was 12 years old when I was writing those, right. And you hear a radio so all I'd write about was [sings] "hey girl, look at you", you know what I mean. I think that even doing that made it easier for me to write non-personal songs because, from a kid, I never wrote personal songs, they were always like mimicking. And now I'm just trying to understand my writing and where it's coming from.”

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Author:Justin Nozuka

“I think that watching artists, soulful artists, they get into it. It's always the way I perform, so when I'm on stage I just try to get into it - I'm in my own world. That's the whole thing about the stage, it's like a sacred place. They're [the audience] watching into the different world, right, so it's like you see performers and they're in the same room, so it's a different vibe. Sometimes it's great, but I try to separate it, you know, I wanna separate it 'cos otherwise I feel naked. It just feels natural.”

“Everything that I do I hear and then I go with my hands, and since I use my hands for both piano and guitar that is kind of hands-on.”

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Author:Kaci Brown

“I play all my own instruments. I write my own material. And I do not lip-synch. I sing live.”

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Author:Kaci Brown

“The same way I want them to take me seriously. I want them to look at my music as kind of like an open book to who I am inside.”

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Author:Kaci Brown

“Someone suggested the Kaiser Chiefs while we were looking for a band name. We had so many ideas ourselves, at least one of us had said no to every idea except Kaiser Chiefs.”

Author:Nick Hodgson

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