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Jim Capaldi

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.

— Jim Capaldi life

I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up.

— Jim Capaldi passion

We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.

— Jim Capaldi music

We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.

— Jim Capaldi love

You try to be moody when you're young and it had a good ring to it.

— Jim Capaldi good

This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were trying to do something different.

— Jim Capaldi music

Everything that Traffic ever did, I'd give Steve a complete lyric, titled, written out with the verse, the bridge, the shape and rhyme and then Steve had to figure out how the meter of the words would fit musically.

— Jim Capaldi music

They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever did that back then and it became the famous cottage.

— Jim Capaldi live

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.

— Jim Capaldi life

Traffic was very, very free. It was great.

— Jim Capaldi free

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.

— Jim Capaldi art

For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.

— Jim Capaldi writing

I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity.

— Jim Capaldi creativity

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.

— Jim Capaldi music

Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper.

— Jim Capaldi song

We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won; cause Ali is the greatest.

— Jim Capaldi great

After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together.

— Jim Capaldi writing

Because I would just tell everyone it was going to be great and just put that belief in them.

— Jim Capaldi belief

Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen.

— Jim Capaldi idea

So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong.

— Jim Capaldi strong

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

— Jim Capaldi play

You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something.

— Jim Capaldi strong

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

— Jim Capaldi body

I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be the one who would describe the future and vibe everyone up.

— Jim Capaldi future

I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.

— Jim Capaldi strong

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