"In the blues, it just takes so long……" — Luther Allison
"In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized."
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Luther Allison
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30 Quotes by Luther Allison
Luther Allison has 30 quotes on this site.
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I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday.
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The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock…
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Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.
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I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.
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But my big thing was always the blues.
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Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would…
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I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.
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I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks…
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I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.
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In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.
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Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit.
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Well, I first started going to Europe in the late '70s.
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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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