Brownie McGhee quotes

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people. (Brownie McGhee)
My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else. View quote
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When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long. View quote
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When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some. View quote
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I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed. View quote
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That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.' View quote
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I only write about what I do, what happens to me. View quote
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Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though. View quote
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I don't sit here and dream because I don't care about the future. I wouldn't take nothin' for my past and I've got enough behind me that I can write forever. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Brownie McGhee)
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. View quote
Brownie McGhee

Brownie McGhee

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: November 30, 1915
Died: February 16, 1996
Quotes count: 12

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