57 Quotes by Taj Mahal

We return to you, O earth, the things which you have given us willingly and most graciously; with our hearts, hands and minds, in the best way we know how.

Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit.

I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.

I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.

Music is like the soul of the planet.

I've only been on MTV once as one of their 'Closet Classics,' with some bootleg footage of a 1970 tour I did in Holland. They didn't know what to make of my music, but they finally invented a name for it - world beat music.

I just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in.

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?

I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.