I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.
— Taj Mahal
I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.
My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.
