I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that …

- Otis Rush

I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing.

- Otis Rush

Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York.

- Otis Rush

Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.

- Otis Rush

I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Wa…

- Otis Rush

A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.

- Otis Rush

I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

- Otis Rush

Them pains, when blues pains grab you, you'll sing the blues right.

- Otis Rush