"Long made it possible for me to get……" — 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 was entitled to it. He didn't take something from me."
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17 Quotes by Brownie McGhee
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I never had the blues; the blues always had me.
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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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