MJF's Interview with
NAOMI SHELTON
Artists Who Influenced
Blind Boys of Alabama
Wilson Pickett
“I used to always have a pretty high, little clear voice, but as I got older, I got a little cornbread in it.” - Wilson Pickett
Sam Cooke
“It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!” - Sam Cooke
Otis Redding
"If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it 24 hours a day. You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it. Concentrate and practice every single day. It took me four years to get into show business in a big way. Also, I think it's very important to write your own songs." - Otis Redding
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