Top 56 Quotes by Taj Mahal

I'm a composer, man.

I'm perceived as someone who goes out and searches for new music, but it was all present in my household.

I'm doing exactly what I always wanted to do, and I still like what I can do musically.

My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.

I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing.

As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.

If what you're talking about is seeing someone perform, then I'll have to say that in the rhythm-and-blues side of things, seein' Otis Redding live was it, you know?

All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s.

The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues.

I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.