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Luther Allison

"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."

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"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."

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"I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February."

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"I was knocked out by the show, Chicago."

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"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio."

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"We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States."
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"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."
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"I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues."
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"I focused on how these people became how they were."
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"But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch."
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"But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?"
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"I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that."
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"I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company."
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"I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday."
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"Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do."
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