Jim Capaldi
Jim Capaldi
Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English drummer, singer and songwriter. His musical career spanned more than four decades. He co-founded the psychedelic rock band Traffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood with whom he co-wrote the majority of the band's output. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Traffic's original line-up...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth2 August 1944
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I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?
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We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.
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There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.
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This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home.
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But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.
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We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won;cause Ali is the greatest.
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We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won; cause Ali is the greatest.
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Next to the drawing - I'm not really even trying to write a song - I had written a letter and this character who had become Mr. Fantasy.
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I always felt from a very early age that whatever one's role in life is, we all have our own particular style, our own particular character.
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The States are great. I'd like to go just to see life, see things and hear people talk. It's like a circus where different acts go on at the same time.
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You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something.
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I like to hear songs which can lay it all on, songs which can look at the dark side as well as the bright side, sometimes they can be as strong as each other. Love and hatred are close.
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For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
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Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.