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Edwin Starr
American
Musician
About the author
And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#Longevity
#History
#Order
Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#May
#Country
#Artists
I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#England
You can only be lucky if you have a place to record.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
Which I would've done 'cause I volunteered for the draft which meant that I only had to do two years. But when the Cubans had missiles in the Canal and Kennedy made the extension, I was one of the ones who had enough time to be extended.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#Time
#Years
#Draft
#canal
Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#Stars
#Competition
The record industry is a world within itself.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#World
It's not like it used to be where everybody has a record company to belong to.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#Company
If you can make the family life and the music work together that's wonderful. If you can make it work.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#Life
#Work
#Family
#Music
I do more work in Britain than I do anywhere else in the world.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#Work
#World
Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people who take pictures, you know, carry a camera. Because if I did I'd have stack's and stack's and stack's of different act's. I got a lot here - I know what I done.
Edwin Starr,
American
Musician
#People
#Act