There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.
- Jimmy Rushing
Blues, New, Figure, Orleans
If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.
- Jimmy Rushing
Going, Record, Typical, Jimmy
I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.
- Jimmy Rushing
Singing, More, Beat, Relaxed
The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please believe me.
- Jimmy Rushing
Nothing, Back, About, Rich People
The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.
- Jimmy Rushing
Give, Tells, Itself, Blues
This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.
- Jimmy Rushing
Business, Play, Switching, Styles
I liked roaming around by myself.
- Jimmy Rushing
Myself, Around, Liked, Roaming
The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.
- Jimmy Rushing
Love, Music, Amount, Brotherly
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
- Jimmy Rushing
Far, Identify, Too, Dangerous
When I go in front of an audience, I'll admit I sometimes have a certain amount of fear in me, because maybe the people are not going to accept what I'm doing today. That's bad for any artist, especially if what you're doing is not in line with what's happening today.
- Jimmy Rushing
Doing, Bad, Maybe, Admit
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