First Quote 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…

— 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…

— Brownie McGhee

I never had the blues; the blues always had me.

— Brownie McGhee

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

— Brownie McGhee

My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.

— 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.…

— Brownie McGhee

There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.

— Brownie McGhee

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.

— Brownie McGhee

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.

— Brownie McGhee

The last thing that the blues needs is another smart-ass white boy with an attitude.

— Brownie McGhee

That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.'

— Brownie McGhee

Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.

— Brownie McGhee