1.
You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.
Sonny Terry
2.
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.
Sonny Terry
3.
In them days I just as soon died -- except for my harmonica. It was like a friend who didn't give a damn if I could see or not.
Sonny Terry
4.
It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.
Sonny Terry
5.
If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.
Sonny Terry
6.
If talk was money, you'd be a millionaire. If thoughts could kill, there'd be no one here.
Sonny Terry
