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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" But my big thing was always the blues. "

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

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