Sonny Terry Quotes

• You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.

  Sonny Terry

  Humanity, Mind, Culture

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• In them days I just as soon died -- except for my harmonica. It was like a friend who didn't give a damn if I could see or not.

  Sonny Terry

  Giving, Harmonicas, Damn

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• It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.

  Sonny Terry

  Easy, Masters, Difficult

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• If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.

  Sonny Terry

  Get Away, Ifs

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• If talk was money, you'd be a millionaire. If thoughts could kill, there'd be no one here.

  Sonny Terry

  Expression, Millionaire, Ifs

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• So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.

  Sonny Terry

  Player, Curves, Water

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