White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there. Ma Rainey More Quotes by Ma Rainey More Quotes From Ma Rainey If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my sea Ma Rainey mountainoceansea They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing cause that's a way of understanding life. Ma Rainey feel-betterunderstandingtalking This be an empty world without the blues. Ma Rainey emptyworld I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past. Ma Rainey my-futuremusicpast [Advice to Bessie Smith:] Let your soul do the singin'. Ma Rainey musicsouladvice A tune's like a staircase - walk up on it. Ma Rainey staircasesmusictunes My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best is none too good for the public that pays to hear a singer. Ma Rainey singerspainwant
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