Jimmy Rushing Inspirational Quotes (6)

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.

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.

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

I liked roaming around by myself.

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.

I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.