Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around. Boz Scaggs blackdialfrankly Change image and share on social
I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music. Boz Scaggs americanbadublige Change image and share on social
This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our music with other people, and this takes us to people who probably wouldn't otherwise get to hear music on quite this level. Boz Scaggs hearheartlevel share on social
I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me. Boz Scaggs charleconcertcreate Change image and share on social
I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything. Boz Scaggs artistfelthit Change image and share on social
I'm easily distracted by other things in the world around me. Boz Scaggs distracteasilything Change image and share on social
My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together. Boz Scaggs borrowcomplexlearn Change image and share on social
A lot of what I have always done is do other singers. Boz Scaggs lotsinger Change image and share on social
As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano. Boz Scaggs desmondinstrumentalistlove Change image and share on social
