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I think America concedes that ...

I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.

William Handy 33 quotes

Life is like a trumpet - if yo...

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

William Handy 33 quotes

Where the Tennessee River, lik...

Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills, my home town, Florence.

William Handy 33 quotes

My big ears indicated a talent...

My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.

William Handy 33 quotes

The name of my ailment was lon...

The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household.

William Handy 33 quotes

You've got to appreciate the t...

You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.

William Handy 33 quotes

Whenever I heard the song of a...

Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.

William Handy 33 quotes

With a guitar I would be able ...

With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.

William Handy 33 quotes

I knew the whistle of each of ...

I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.

William Handy 33 quotes

The blues - the sound of a sin...

The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day.

William Handy 33 quotes

Setting my mind on a musical i...

Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.

William Handy 33 quotes

You can never tell what's in a...

You can never tell what's in a woman's mind,
And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin

William Handy 33 quotes

Sometimes I feel like nothin,'...

Sometimes I feel like nothin,' somethin' throwed away,
Somethin' throwed away.
And then I get my guitar, play the blues all day.

William Handy 33 quotes

Saving was slow and painful....

Saving was slow and painful.

William Handy 33 quotes

In the South of long ago whene...

In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be asked if he could sing. If he could he got the job. The singing of these working men set the rhythm for the work.

William Handy 33 quotes

I hate to see the evening sun ...

I hate to see the evening sun go down.

William Handy 33 quotes

Nature was my kindergarten....

Nature was my kindergarten.

William Handy 33 quotes

A lean, loose-jointed Negro ha...

A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out of his shoes. His face had on it some of the sadness of the ages. As he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable.

William Handy 33 quotes

You'll never miss the water 't...

You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.

William Handy 33 quotes

If my serenade of song and sto...

If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream and build on our fond melodies in his tomorrow, I have not labored in vain.

William Handy 33 quotes

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