Muddy Waters

I went to school, but they didn't give you too much schooling because just as soon as you was big enough, you get to working in the fields. I guess I was a big boy for my age. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#because #big #big enough #boy #enough

My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going do it. And she got where she didn't bother me about it. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#bother #church #go #going #got

Now that I'm gettin' old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to conquer a big chunk of money. Not quit playin' but quit playin' so hard. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#chunk #conquer #enough #get #gettin

Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#did #down #house #i #i think

Our little house was way back in the country. We had one house close to us, and hell the next one would've been a mile. If you got sick, you could holler and wouldn't nobody hear you. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#been #close #could #country #got

Robert Johnson? No, I didn't know him, personally. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#i #johnson #know #personally #robert

That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#hear #mississippi #old #records #sound

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice? ↗

— Muddy Waters

#get #hear #heck #sound #voice