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" Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues. "

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

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

" I focused on how these people became how they were. "

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

" I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the 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. "

" I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday. "

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

" Well, I first started going to Europe in the late '70s. "

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

" But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch. "

" I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen. "

" Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it. "

" 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. "

" Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit. "

" We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States. "

" But my big thing was always the blues. "

" When I got to Chicago I had to find my way. "

" Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do. "

" I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not. "

" What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me. "

" In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side. "

" I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues. "

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

" But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job. "

" But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour. "