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> [I don't sit here and dream because I don't care about the future. I wouldn't take nothin' for my past and I've got enough behind me that I can write forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/i-don-t-sit-here-and-dream-because-i-don-t-care-about-the-future-i/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

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## More by Brownie McGhee

> [Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/long-made-it-possible-for-me-to-get-on-records-so-what-little-money/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/everybody-would-grab-a-guitar-and-listen-to-somebody-else-and-call/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [I never had the blues; the blues always had me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/i-never-had-the-blues-the-blues-always-had-me/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/i-was-playing-with-steel-picks-on-a-steel-guitar-and-there-was-no/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/my-guitar-was-loud-as-hell-and-i-had-no-sympathy-for-anybody-else/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/i-got-sonny-up-to-harlem-and-we-started-street-playin-in-new-york-we/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/there-s-a-lot-of-good-musicians-who-are-unheard-of-get-it-down-before/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/logically-when-you-talkin-about-folk-music-and-blues-you-find-out-it/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/when-somebody-blazes-a-path-to-a-highway-that-never-end-you-should/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [From then on in, me and Sonny started makin' records. My first records, Sonny was backin' me up. Sonny wasn't singin' natural at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/from-then-on-in-me-and-sonny-started-makin-records-my-first-records/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [The last thing that the blues needs is another smart-ass white boy with an attitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/the-last-thing-that-the-blues-needs-is-another-smart-ass-white-boy/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/that-s-what-i-liked-about-hitch-hiking-if-a-crowd-wasn-t-big-enough-i/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/anywhere-i-m-wanted-i-ll-go-i-ve-got-to-be-wanted-though/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/when-i-was-hitch-hiking-people-had-to-follow-me-cause-i-didn-t-stay/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

> [Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, there's time and production. It's better to give him ten bucks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brownie-mcghee/something-is-better-than-nothing-doin-anything-for-a-man-there-s/)

[Brownie McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brownie-mcghee/)

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