Top 29 Quotes by Luther Allison

I want to play in a place people want to hear me.

So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on.

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

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.

But my big thing was always the blues.

In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.

I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.

But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?

I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company.

And I can do the rock clubs if I have to.