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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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"In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics."

"I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states."

"I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops."

"You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner."
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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."

"But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch."

"But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?"

"I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that."

"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."

"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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