Quotes by Pinetop Perkins

About Pinetop Perkins:

Joseph William Perkins was an American blues pianist. Perkins played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in American history and received numerous honors during his lifetime, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame.
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I play blues old-timey style.

Pinetop Perkins

I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

Pinetop Perkins

What I learned I learned on my own. I didn't have much school. Three years.

Pinetop Perkins

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

Pinetop Perkins

What little family I got is in Mississippi. A whole lot of them died before I left, and my sister died a long time ago, before my mama did.

Pinetop Perkins

I play any piano with a good tune.

Pinetop Perkins

Author Bio

  • NamePinetop Perkins
  • DescriptionAmerican blues pianist
  • AliasesJoseph William Perkins
  • BornJuly 7, 1913
  • DiedMarch 21, 2011
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionMusician
  • AwardsGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award