Quotes by 'Will Allison'

Will Allison

Will Allison is an American novelist and editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Long Drive Homeand What You Have Left...

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When I wanted to become a filmmaker, there was nobody for me to look up to.

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We're here to bring awareness that each person deserves tolerance and acceptance.

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This program is meant to keep the joints moving and gain some mobility that is lost through arthritis, ... We work from head to toe.

american-musician

I had the qualifications, but I was not chosen.

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But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour.

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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 I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

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Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.

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And I can do the rock clubs if I have to.

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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.

american-musician job

But there was not a job that could say that Luther Allison didn't do his job.

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I focused on how these people became how they were.

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So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on.

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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.