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There was segregated unions, which was a real problem for me because – especially as I was working in the recording scene, I had flack from the white union for hiring black musicians. I had flack from the black musician by hiring white musicians.

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Dr John

There was a lot of freedom, so bands in those days did not have to play for the public. They played for club owners that enjoyed music. You know, what happened – there was a lot of clubs that had bebop music or different forms of music. It was great for musicians.

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The less said about Inner Space Fungus the better. I’ve still got the tapes in my house, but I’m afraid to play them back for fear that bacterial growth will take over my house.

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Where Charlie Christian left off, Papoose started a new thing; he was an innovator of the guitar. The things he did during his recording career with Fats Domino in the Fifties and Sixties until the day he died was as much a part of the music of New Orleans as anybody else has had to offer.

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I was criticized by some people for my first album because they said I was taking sacred music. They knew nothing about what I was doing. That was no sacred music; that’s music I wrote.

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See, I don’t know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never thought that was a good idea.

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Doc has been my name all my life, and John is my middle name. I’m proud of all my names – Malcolm John Michael Creaux Rebennack. I’m proud of them names.

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I been trying to clean up my act with my children for a long time. And I pretty much got them all talking to me now. And they accept me as a humanoid again.

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It’s obvious some people don’t have an emotional thing for the music.

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New Orleans cats don’t play a lot of solos unless they got something to say. It’s not an ego thing like it is with some other musicians. You say what you gotta say and then shut up.

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I strongly believe that Professor Longhair playing just instrumentals would be just as effective as stylized vocals; that’s how much I believe in his music.

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It’s about knowing how to make a groove happen and keep it going so others can play off it.

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