Alberta Hunter Quotes
8 Alberta Hunter quotes:
"I'm not living the blues; I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am."
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"Maybe if I knew music I couldn't do what I am doing."
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"Until they put that sand and dirt in my face I will not sit in church all day."
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"Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself."
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"I would sing softly, and if the people at the next table would want to hear what I was doing, they'd have to call me over and give me a tip."
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"None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that."
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"The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me."
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"Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed."
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