In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.

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I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.

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But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?

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But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

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I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.

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I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.

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Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do.

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The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.

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I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company.

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