Alberta Hunter famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me.
-- Alberta Hunter

#Play #Musician #Want
Maybe if I knew music, I couldn't do what I am doing.
-- Alberta Hunter
I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am.
-- Alberta Hunter

#Men #Thinking #Who I Am
Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.
-- Alberta Hunter

#Baby #Hurt #Heart
Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.
-- Alberta Hunter

#Faith In God #Songwriting #Confidence In Yourself
Iâ€™ve been more places by accident than most people have been on purpose.
-- Alberta Hunter

#People #Purpose #Accidents
I'm having a good time, Please don't blame me, I'm knocking myself out Don't try to tame me Let me have my fun, I've got to have my fling, Some folks say I'm blowing my top Talk don't mean a thing,...
-- Alberta Hunter

#Fun #Mean #Trying
The blues? Why, the blues are a part of me. They're like a chant. The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When we sing blues, we're singing out our hearts, we're singing out our feelings. Maybe we're hurt and just can't answer back, then we sing or maybe even hum the blues. When I sing, 'I walk the floor, wring my hands and cry -- Yes, I walk the floor, wring my hands and cry,'... what I'm doing is letting my soul out.
-- Alberta Hunter

#Hurt #Heart #Hands
I’ve been more places by accident than most people have been on purpose.
-- Alberta Hunter

#People #Purpose #Has Beens
People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about truth-telling.
-- Alberta Hunter

#Thinking #People #Singing

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