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

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

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

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

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

" I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that. "