Quotes by Sonny Terry

“You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. Its the closest music to our humanity - its like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.”

“Its very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.”

“If youve got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.”

“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.”

“In them days I just as soon died-except for my harmonica. It was like a friend who didnt give a damn if I could see or not.”

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