When I saw all of the people I have known all these years, when we got together, it was scary because B.B King and I lived in the same place in Nevada.
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Unfortunately, the young generation, who I believe have their own place in the sun like I had mine; but I wish it was possible there were other ways to have them understand this music was here before they came, and the reason that it was here.Ruth Brown
But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.
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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.
Ruth Brown
I thought the best thing you were supposed to do was find somebody and try to sound like them.
Ruth Brown
I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.
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