"In the States, it takes you a lifetime……" — Luther Allison
"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."
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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 blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.
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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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