Otis Rush Professions : MusicianBorn : April 29, 1935 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Otis Rush Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently. Otis Rush feels Them pains, when blues pains grab you, you'll sing the blues right. Otis Rush pain A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues. Otis Rush guygivingpromise I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world. Otis Rush guitarplaywater I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues. Otis Rush everydayboyscountry I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing. Otis Rush paperpayattention I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes. Otis Rush guitarplaywriting Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York. Otis Rush new-york I picked all the tunes before I went to Memphis, and the band was all set. Willie Mitchell is an arranger like I am, and he let me do what I had to do. Otis Rush i-amlikemeband I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction. Otis Rush directionknowpeopleway Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musicianAll Authors
