Luther Allison Quotes

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.
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Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.
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But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.
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But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?
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But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.
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But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job.
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But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour.
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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 focused on how these people became how they were.
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I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen.
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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 to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company.
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I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.
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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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I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday.
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In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.
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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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So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on.
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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 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.
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We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States.
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Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do.
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What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.
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