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In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be…
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If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream…
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You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.
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A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out…
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The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day.
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Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills,…
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My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.
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The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted…
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You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest…
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Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale,…
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With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.
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I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.
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