Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he was entitled to it. He didn't take something from me. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
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. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
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… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived.… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
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… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
The last thing that the blues needs is another smart-ass white boy with an attitude. — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.' — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
