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Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
American Musician
Born: Jun 3, 1942
Died: Dec 26, 1999
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How many 54-year-old quadriplegics are putting albums out? You just have to deal with what you got, try to sustain yourself as best you can, and look to the things that you can do. Curtis Mayfield
Best You Yourself Try Out Putting Look Deal Got How Just Sustain Many Things Albums
Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain. Curtis Mayfield
Our Entertain Purpose Well Educate
My teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I left high school at 15, after one year. But my real teachers were all the people around me. And I was a good listener. Curtis Mayfield
Teacher Good Me People School Year High High School Never Around Real Were Left Listener After Anything Teachers Amount
We weren't the Temptations, but when we came out onstage, the people always gave us a special respect because our songs were of an inspirational quality. Curtis Mayfield
Inspirational Respect Quality People Gave Our Out Temptations Onstage Songs Because Always Came Were Us Special
With a spinal cord injury, which most people don't really know about... there are many, many complications that actually lead you through your life, and sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down. Curtis Mayfield
Life You People Sometimes Down Complications Spinal About Through Lead Know Most Up Which Really Your Many Injury Actually Cord
Coming up in Chicago, we heard a lot of blues. Curtis Mayfield
Coming Heard Lot Chicago Up Blues
I was a very observant child. Almost anything could become a song to me. Curtis Mayfield
Me Song Become Could Observant Almost Almost Anything Very Child Anything
Being a young black man, observing and sensing the need for race equality and women's rights, I wrote about what was important to me. Curtis Mayfield
Me Man Rights Women Equality Black Important Young About Observing Wrote Being Sensing Race Need
I think my grandmother was one of my biggest influences. Curtis Mayfield
Think Influences Biggest Grandmother
When I was just coming up, I always wanted to be able to perform to a large crowd with a symphony. Curtis Mayfield
Symphony Able Crowd Perform Always Coming Up Just Wanted Large
I don't like to appoint myself to nothing, knowing I'm no better than anybody else. But it always makes me feel good to know I try to do the best I can, and those who might observe say, 'Hey, I can take a little something from that person.' Curtis Mayfield
Best Myself Good Me Feel Good Better Try Nothing Else Hey Say Those Something Take Observe Feel Like Know Knowing Makes Always Than Person Anybody Anybody Else Little Might Who Appoint
This accident, or incident, happened in the most secure place I could have felt I was in: Walking onstage with my guitar, you know? Curtis Mayfield
You Guitar Accident Secure Could Onstage Know Most Felt Walking Happened Place Incident
Through my fans and my children, my wife, just good people, I'm coping. Curtis Mayfield
Good People Fans Wife Good People Through Just Children Coping
I was writing songs from when I was 12. My songs always came from questions that I need answers for. Curtis Mayfield
Writing Songs Always Answers Came Questions Need

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