Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwoodis an English musician whose genres include rock, blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, pop rock, and jazz. Though primarily a vocalist and keyboardist, Winwood also plays bass guitar, drums, guitar, mandolin, violin, and other strings...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth12 May 1948
enigmatic existence footage music people since taste time traffic unusual
And also there hasn't been much footage of Traffic either. There is very little in existence and since Traffic is a very enigmatic and unusual band, we thought that now was the time to put this out and give people a taste of what Traffic was really about.
song feelings fantasy
In life you can get a feeling which is part of a person, the same as in the songs. Music is almost our representation of our fantasies and so our songs are representations of our fantasies.
writing numbers people
The living together is very important in a way. It's important for writing. It wouldn't be important if we were like just getting other people's numbers together, we'd just have to meet at rehearsals, but writing is something almost completely different.
music passion discipline
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom & passion.
romance fake chance
While you see a chance take it, find romance, fake it, because it's all on you.
rocks done world
One of my problems is I'm not really sure if I slot into rock or not. I've always tried to combine world music, folk, jazz, blues and rock, and have done since Traffic.
men fire light
One man puts the fire out, the other lights the fuse.
heart night poetry
When the rhythm and night ride, no heart can hide.
boys used used-to-be
I'm the same boy I used to be.
thinking rocks people
I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.
writing years kind
The music I write, I feel, is not the kind of music for a 25-year-old.
networking rubbish
Networking is rubbish; have friends instead.
stars heart love-is
Think about it, there must be higher love Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above Without it, life is a wasted time Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine.
country winning rocks
The music industry went through such a strange stretch in 1977, especially in this country, with the whole punk rock thing coming about. Punk was rebellious-and justified in that response-but it had very little to do with music, and so it created a highly-charged but frighteningly floundering atmosphere that I found very, very disheartening. Musical quality for me has always been an important part of rock'n'roll-and winning recognition for that has long been an uphill battle all the way. Punk seemed like rock'n'roll utterly without the music.