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Listen to the PowerhouseRadio.com production of The Curtis Mayfield Story featuring Curtis
10 minutes, 13 seconds
And I think this is what made The Impressions a group among groups -- not just because they were entertainers but because there was something truly to be said there, and people -- especially people in the minority -- can take and imply into their daily lives.
So long as there is something that can inspire one to continue to go through this -- the hang ups that we do have as individuals in this world -- then it should be done."
Although he has always intended his songs to involve people in this way, Curtis is quick to add: "I don't take credit for everything I write.
I only look upon my writings as interpretations of how people -- how the majority of people around me -- feel. I only would take credit for being able to put what they think into lyric form." "All the tunes I write are very important to me, either through experience or through things I see.
That's the way I write -- through things I observe, through people around me and the happenings around me ...I'm not singing protest, I'm only singing happenings; the actual reality of what's going on around us whether we'll admit it or not -it's there."
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