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" And I can do the rock clubs if I have to. "
Clubs
I Can
Rock
" Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues. "
Blues
Left
People
" Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it. "
Break
Guy
Finally
" But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about. "
Scene
Something
Blues
" But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular? "
Opportunity
Commercial
Radio
" But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch. "
Down
Done
Self
" But my big thing was always the blues. "
Big Thing
Always
Thing
" But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job. "
His
Could
Allison
" But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour. "
You
Know
Home
" I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues. "
Place
Beautiful Place
Me
" I focused on how these people became how they were. "
Focused
How
Became
" I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen. "
Had
Chosen
Qualifications
" I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect. "
Blues
Chance
Respect
" 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. "
People
Name
Music
" I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not. "
Look
Through
Musicians
" In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized. "
Just
Long
Recognized
" In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side. "
West
You
Just
" I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that. "
Guy
Think
Prove
" I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday. "
Up
Waiting
Sunshine
" I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play. "
Want
Allison
People
" I want to play in a place people want to hear me. "
Play
Hear
Me
" Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit. "
Me
Being
Pit
" So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on. "
Stuff
Cut
Early
" 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. "
Rock
Jazz
Foundation
" Well, I first started going to Europe in the late '70s. "
Going
First
Well
" Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do. "
Family
Everything
Well
" We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States. "
Played
Same Thing
Same
" What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me. "
Me
Music
Play
" When I got to Chicago I had to find my way. "
Chicago
Way
Had
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