Johnny Winter – HuffPost 10.5.11

Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists?

Johnny Winter: Listen to the older people. Listen to the people that came before and try to learn from them. You really need that background before you just start doing your own stuff–you’ve got to hear the older people.

MR: Do you think there is a tendency with new artists to try to do it by themselves and ignore history?

JW: Yeah. As I was saying, you really need the base from some of the older guys to start growing out on your own. You don’t want to copy them, but you have to learn from them.