Luther Allison

The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.

In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.

Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.