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Otis Rush Quotes

Otis Rush quotes

American Musician April 29, 1934

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I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world. Otis Rush
I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues. Otis Rush
Otis Rush quote: "Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York."
Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York. Otis Rush
Otis Rush quote: "Them pains, when blues pains grab you, you'll sing the blues..."
Them pains, when blues pains grab you, you'll sing the blues right. Otis Rush
I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction. Otis Rush
Otis Rush quote: "Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the..."
Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently. Otis Rush
Otis Rush quote: "A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and..."
A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues. Otis Rush
Otis Rush quote: "I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes."
I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes. Otis Rush
Otis Rush quote: "I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what..."
I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing. Otis Rush
I picked all the tunes before I went to Memphis, and the band was all set. Willie Mitchell is an arranger like I am, and he let me do what I had to do. Otis Rush

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