“The blues is the roots; everything else is the fruits.”
Willie Dixon (1915–1992) American blues musician
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“That's the reason I always say about music, the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. Without the roots, you have no fruits so it's better keeping the roots alive because it means better fruits from now on.”
I am the Blues: the Willie Dixon Story (with Don Snowden, 1990), p. 4.
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