Pinetop Perkins Quotes

United States, Musician
July 7, 1913 – March, 21, 2011.

Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins was an American blues pianist. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock-and-roll performers of his time and received numerous honors, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame.

Also known as Pianist

What little family I got is in Mississippi. A whole lot of them died before I left, and my sister died a long time ago, before my mama did.

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- Time
- Long
- Family
What I learned I learned on my own. I didn't have much school. Three years.

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- School

I play any piano with a good tune.

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- Good
I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

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- Up
I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

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I play blues old-timey style.

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- Style