Jimmy Rushing quotes

Jimmy Rushing quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please believe me.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes
“Anytime a person can play the blues, he has a soul and he has a 'lift' to play anything else he wants to play. It's sort of like the foundation to a building.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Music Quotes #Play Quotes #Soul Quotes
“There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

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#New Orleans Quotes #Names Quotes #Differences Quotes
“If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Rushing Quotes #Typical Quotes #Records Quotes
“When I go in front of an audience, I'll admit I sometimes have a certain amount of fear in me, because maybe the people are not going to accept what I'm doing today. That's bad for any artist, especially if what you're doing is not in line with what's happening today.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Artist Quotes #People Quotes #Lines Quotes
“This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Men Quotes #Self Quotes #Play Quotes
“It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Dangerous Quotes
“The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Way Quotes #Brotherly Love Quotes #Used Quotes
“I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Singing Quotes #Beats Quotes #Relaxed Quotes
“I liked roaming around by myself.”
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Roaming Quotes

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