Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there. Muddy Waters More Quotes by Muddy Waters More Quotes From Muddy Waters The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll. Muddy Waters rock-and-rollrocksbaby There was a time when I had the blues - I mean I really had it bad. I couldn't pay my light bill and I couldn't pay my rent and I really had the blues. But today I can pay my rent and I can pay the light bill and I still got the blues. So I must been born with 'em... That's my religion - the blues is my religion. Muddy Waters emslightmean I stone got crazy when I saw somebody run down them strings with a bottleneck. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and I said that I had to learn. Muddy Waters crazychristmasrunning Theres no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, Im playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues - the blues we used to have when we had no money. Muddy Waters moneyplaypeople I been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory. Muddy Waters causesmemorieslong My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right Muddy Waters simpleplaypeople Man, you don't know how I felt that afternoon when I heard that VOICE and it was my own VOICE. Muddy Waters afternoonvoicemen If you got something you don't want other people to know, keep it in your pocket. Muddy Waters pocketswantpeople Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich. Muddy Waters centssunrisesandwiches I rambled all the time. I was just like that, like a rollin' stone. Muddy Waters muddystones All the kids made their own git-tars. Made mine out of a box and bit of stick for a neck. Couldn't do much with it, but that's how you learn. Muddy Waters necksstickskids That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through. Muddy Waters mississippi-deltarecordssound At night in the country, you'd be surprised how that music carries. You could hear my guitar way before you get to the house, and you could hear the peoples hollerin' and screamin'. Muddy Waters guitarnightcountry You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice? Muddy Waters voicechurchsound I went down to my baby's house and I sit down on her steps. She said, now come on in now, you know, my husband just left. Muddy Waters husbandhousebaby Saturday night is your big night. Everybody used to fry up fish and have one hell of a time. Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich. And be glad of it. And they really liked the low-down blues. Muddy Waters sunrisesandwichesnight I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing. Muddy Waters playerbaseballhurt Ain't nobody's business, if I bark like a dog. Muddy Waters barkdoginsanity People should hear the pure blues - the # blues we used to have when we had no money. Muddy Waters usedshouldpeople I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for? Muddy Waters worstwantway
