Huddie William Ledbetter quotes
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“Doctor, if I put this here guitar down now I ain't never going to wake up.”
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“The blues is like this. You lay down some night and you turn from one side of the bed to the other: all night long. It's not too cold in that bed, and it ain't too hot. But what's the matter? The blues has got you.”
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“My guitar is half my life and my wife is the other half.”
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“If you're white, you're alright. If you're brown, stick around. but if you're black, oh baby. Get back, Get back, Get back.”
-- Huddie William Ledbetter -
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“I always sings too long and too loud.”
-- Huddie William Ledbetter
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“A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.”
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Source : Ace Frehley (2011). “No Regrets”, p.61, Simon and Schuster
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“I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.”
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Source : "Ronnie". Book by Ronnie Drew, September 3, 2009.
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“I'm going to wake up tomorrow and start with not caring how I feel.”
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