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

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

Ma Rainey quotes: I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past.

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

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

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

Ma Rainey quotes: A tune's like a staircase - walk up on it.

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

Ma Rainey quotes: If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my seaStay out of my valley and let my mountain be.

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

Ma Rainey quotes: This be an empty world without the blues.

This be an empty world without the blues.