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In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.
— 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
I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.
— Luther Allison
We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States.
— Luther Allison
What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.
— Luther Allison
But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?
— Luther Allison
I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday.
— Luther Allison
I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.
— Luther Allison
Leave your ego, play the music, love the people.
— Luther Allison
I focused on how these people became how they were.
— Luther Allison
Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life ... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do.
— Luther Allison
When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.
— 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
Well, I first started going to Europe in the late '70s.
— Luther Allison
I want to play in a place people want to hear me.
— Luther Allison
I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.
— Luther Allison
I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.
— Luther Allison
But my big thing was always the blues.
— Luther Allison
In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.
— Luther Allison
And I can do the rock clubs if I have to.
— Luther Allison
Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would go to church on Sunday.
— Luther Allison
I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen.
— Luther Allison
Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit.
— Luther Allison
I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.
— Luther Allison