Jimmy Rushing Quotes

• It’s dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.

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• When I go in front of an audience, I’ll admit I sometimes have a certain amount of fear in me, because maybe the people are not going to accept what I’m doing today. That’s bad for any artist, especially if what you’re doing is not in line with what’s happening today.

  Jimmy Rushing

• This business switching styles can’t be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.

  Jimmy Rushing

• There’s a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can’t figure the name of it. It’s a different chord, and they all make it.

  Jimmy Rushing

• The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn’t that way now.

  Jimmy Rushing

• The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.

  Jimmy Rushing

• The blues comes right back to a person’s feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don’t know nothing about the blues, please believe me.

  Jimmy Rushing

• If I’m going to do blues, it’s going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.

  Jimmy Rushing

• I’m more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I’m singing.

  Jimmy Rushing

• I liked roaming around by myself.

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Jimmy Rushing (10)

Birth:	26th August, 1901
Death:	8th June, 1972
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Singer

About

James Andrew Rushing was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was an American blues shouter, balladeer, swing jazz singer and pianist. He studied at Wilberforce University. He was known as "Mr. Five by Five". His music groups including Oklahoma City Blue Devils (1927-1929), The Count Basie Orchestra (Vocalist, 1935-1948), and The Dave Brubeck Quartet. His albums list shown below: Blues and Things (with Earl Hines) and Brubeck and Rushing (with Dave Brubeck).

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