Otis Rush

“It's a lonely feeling, the blues. But it makes you feel better to sing about it.”

“I can't quit you, baby, but I've got to put you down for a while.”

“I don't read music. I just play what I hear and what I feel.”

“When you play the blues, you're playing from your heart.”

“The West Side sound, it's a more minor-key sound. It's got a different feel to it.”

“Everybody has the blues. Everybody is sad sometimes. So it's a universal language.”

“I just try to play what I feel.”

“You got to suffer if you want to sing the blues.”

“My playing is a feeling. I can't explain it in words.”