Luther Allison Quotes
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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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What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.
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I focused on how these people became how they were.
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So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on.
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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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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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Well, I first started going to Europe in the late '70s.
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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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When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.
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I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen.
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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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But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?
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Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit.
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And I can do the rock clubs if I have to.
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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 want to play in a place people want to hear me.
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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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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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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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But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.