I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.

- Jimmy Rushing

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 …

- Jimmy Rushing

It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.

- Jimmy Rushing

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 …

- Jimmy Rushing

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…

- Jimmy Rushing

I liked roaming around by myself.

- Jimmy Rushing

If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.

- Jimmy Rushing

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…

- Jimmy Rushing

The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.

- Jimmy Rushing