I used to hear all these guys on 78s at my mother’s when I was a teenager… I used to daydream that I was onstage playing the solos; I’m playing with B.B. King, and I’m playing with Lowell Fulsom, Jimmy McCracklin. And I literally ended up being in a band that backed them up at different clubs. Cynthia Robinson Read Quote
I never thought for one second I’d be able to play with a real band. When I was in high school, I went through a lot of bad treatment and was called a lot of names by boys because I wanted to play. Sly was different. Cynthia Robinson Read Quote
As time passed on, got to hear some players who were straight up funky, not just jazz. Nat Adderley, for instance – he’s a funky trumpet player, so he was my man. Cynthia Robinson Read Quote
