Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey
"Ma" Rainey was one of the earliest American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. She was billed as the Mother of the Blues...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth26 April 1886
CityColumbus, GA
CountryUnited States of America
folks
White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
music tunes staircases
A tune's like a staircase - walk up on it.
pain want singers
My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best is none too good for the public that pays to hear a singer.
music advice soul
[Advice to Bessie Smith:] Let your soul do the singin'.
world empty
This be an empty world without the blues.
feel-better talking understanding
They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing cause that's a way of understanding life.
ocean sea mountain
If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my sea Stay out of my valley and let my mountain be.
music past my-future
I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past.