“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.” WorldFirstsLittlesPlayWaterMy OwnSawsFirst TimeInspiredGuitarStayingMy SisterAmusementJimmyRogerMuddy Author:Otis Rush
“There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.” MenGivingFirstsCertainValuesRaceImagineIgnoranceDutyGeniusFameCriticsEnvyAmusementPreyAvenuesHinderReceptionSentinels Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius