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From then on in, me and Sonny...

From then on in, me and Sonny started makin' records. My first records, Sonny was backin' me up. Sonny wasn't singin' natural at the time; he was singin' falsetto.

Brownie McGhee 33 quotes

When I was hitch-hiking, peop...

When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.

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That's what I liked about hit...

That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.'

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I met Sonny after (Blind Boy)...

I met Sonny after (Blind Boy) Fuller died, and me and Sonny played in the streets like everybody else.

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Long made it possible for me ...

Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he was entitled to it. He didn't take something from me.

Brownie McGhee 33 quotes

Something is better than noth...

Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, there's time and production. It's better to give him ten bucks and get a record out than to never record the cat.

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When somebody blazes a path t...

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.

Brownie McGhee 33 quotes

I was playing with steel pick...

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

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I got Sonny up to Harlem, and...

I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the streets again.

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Everybody would grab a guitar...

Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd run out of them.

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I never had the blues; the bl...

I never had the blues; the blues always had me.

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I started a guitar school. It ...

I started a guitar school. It was called Home of the Blues, on 125th Street in New York. I did that for five, six years and had a lot of students.

Brownie McGhee 33 quotes

I was playing with steel picks...

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

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My guitar was loud as hell, an...

My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.

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Logically, when you talkin' ab...

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.

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I never had the blues; the blu...

I never had the blues; the blues always had me.

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The last thing that the blues ...

The last thing that the blues needs is another smart-ass white boy with an attitude.

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I only write about what I do, ...

I only write about what I do, what happens to me.

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Blues is not a dream, blues is...

Blues is not a dream, blues is truth.

Brownie McGhee 33 quotes

When somebody blazes a path to...

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.

Brownie McGhee 33 quotes

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