Ma Rainey Quotes

Ma Rainey Famous Quotes & Sayings

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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past.

[Advice to Bessie Smith:] Let your soul do the singin'.

A tune's like a staircase - walk up on it.

If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my sea
Stay out of my valley and let my mountain be.

This be an empty world without the blues.