Jimmy Rushing famous quotes

03-28-2025

The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please believe me.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Believe #People #Feelings
Anytime a person can play the blues, he has a soul and he has a 'lift' to play anything else he wants to play. It's sort of like the foundation to a building.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Music #Play #Soul
There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#New Orleans #Names #Differences
If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Rushing #Typical #Records
When I go in front of an audience, I'll admit I sometimes have a certain amount of fear in me, because maybe the people are not going to accept what I'm doing today. That's bad for any artist, especially if what you're doing is not in line with what's happening today.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Artist #People #Lines
This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Men #Self #Play
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Dangerous
The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Way #Brotherly Love #Used
I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Singing #Beats #Relaxed
I liked roaming around by myself.
-- Jimmy Rushing

#Roaming

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