Occupation: Singer Birth: August 26, 1901 Death: June 8, 1972
I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing..
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 believ….
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 lif….
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with..
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 ….
The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now..
I liked roaming around by myself..
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. I….
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 ….
If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record..