There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues.
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There were times that Harvey (Fuqua), myself, B.B King, we almost had to go to jail to sing this stuff.Ruth Brown
If you are speaking about my own songs, I would think so because we were talking about that particular era and I was singing one of my songs that I recorded 50 years ago.
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I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage.
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I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.
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There are stories that people don't want to talk about that brought this music through.
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We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues.
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