Luther Allison Quotes

• When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.

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• What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.

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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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• Well, I first started going to Europe in the late ’70s.

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• We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States.

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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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• So I cut out all the drinkin’ and hangin’ out and stuff like that early on.

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• Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit.

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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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• In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.

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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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• I want to play in a place people want to hear me.

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• I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.

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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 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 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 have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.

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

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• I focused on how these people became how they were.

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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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Luther Allison (29)

Birth:	17th August, 1939
Death:	12th August, 1997
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Guitarist, Musician

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