Luther Allison Quotes
"But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Job)
"I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Play, Want)
"I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen."
- Luther Allison
"I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Opportunity, Chance, Respect)
"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."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Music, People, Management, Company, Name, Now)
"I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Musicians)
"I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Positive)
"But my big thing was always the blues."
- Luther Allison
"I want to play in a place people want to hear me."
- Luther Allison
(Related: People, Play, Want)
"But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Home, Dream, Being)
"In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized."
- Luther Allison
"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Chicago, states)
"Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Being)
"So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on."
- Luther Allison
"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."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Jazz)
"We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Europe, states)
"Well, I first started going to Europe in the late '70s."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Europe, First)
"Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Family, Life)
"What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Music, Play, Want)
"When I got to Chicago I had to find my way."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Chicago)
"I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play."
- Luther Allison
(Related: People, Play, Want)
"But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?"
- Luther Allison
(Related: Opportunity, Popular)
"But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about."
- Luther Allison
"I focused on how these people became how they were."
- Luther Allison
(Related: People)
"Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it."
- Luther Allison
"Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues."
- Luther Allison
(Related: People, Play)
"And I can do the rock clubs if I have to."
- Luther Allison
"But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch."
- Luther Allison
(Related: Self)