"I had the qualifications, but I was not…" — Luther Allison

"I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen."

— Luther Allison

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30 Quotes by Luther Allison

Luther Allison has 30 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday.
The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock…
Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.
I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.
But my big thing was always the blues.
Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would…
I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.
I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks…
I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.
In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.
In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.
Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit.

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