Sonny Terry Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.”
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“It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.”
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“So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.”
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“If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.”
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“If talk was money, you'd be a millionaire. If thoughts could kill, there'd be no one here.”
-- Sonny Terry
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