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"Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues."
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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."

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

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

"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."

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