41 Quotes by Luther Allison

I went from a champion... it became very hard in the beginning, because I gave up everything in the States, to take this chance.

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

Jonny Lang has the power to move the music into the next millennium by reaching the ears of a new generation. The great musicians have the power to break all of the 'isms'-race, age, sex, et cetera. Jonny Lang is one of those musicians.

Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would go to church on Sunday.

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

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

Leave your ego, play the music, love the people.

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