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

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

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

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

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

" 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 my big thing was always the blues. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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