Memphis Quotes by Pinetop Perkins

What I learned I learned on my own. I didn't have much school. Three years.

— Pinetop Perkins

I play any piano with a good tune.

— Pinetop Perkins

I didn’t have much school. Three years.

— Pinetop Perkins

What little family I got is in Mississippi. A whole lot of them died before I left, and my sister died a long time…

— Pinetop Perkins

I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

— Pinetop Perkins

I can't play piano like I used to either. I used to have bass rolling like thunder. I can't do that no more. But…

— Pinetop Perkins

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

— Pinetop Perkins

I play blues old-timey style.

— Pinetop Perkins