"I never had the blues; the blues always…" — Brownie McGhee
"I never had the blues; the blues always had me."
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17 Quotes by Brownie McGhee
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When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.
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Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.
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That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.'
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When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.
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I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.
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I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or…
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Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know…
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I only write about what I do, what happens to me.
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My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.
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I met Sonny after (Blind Boy) Fuller died, and me and Sonny played in the streets like everybody else.
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Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.
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From then on in, me and Sonny started makin' records. My first records, Sonny was backin' me up. Sonny wasn't…
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More Blues Quotes
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
— Count Basie
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Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
— Christina Aguilera
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
— Jeff Bridges
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'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.
— Luke Bryan
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I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to…
— Gary Allan
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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
— Nick Cave
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I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music,…
— Nick Cave
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth.…
— Ray Charles
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The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my…
— Eric Clapton
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