David Edwards
David Edwards
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 June 1915
CountryUnited States of America
watched whenever
I watched my daddy play that guitar, and whenever I could, I would pick it up and strum on it.
looks metric
It all looks good. Every metric is going in the right direction.
stuff
Spikes and stuff are what bog down the network,
seen wife wrote
My wife said 'have you seen this?' They wrote a book. I thought it was a joke.
ability charge choose companies content media search since video
The ability to search video content could be an interesting application for media companies since they own the content. If they also own the search window, they can choose how to charge for it.
cook sleep stay sun until
I didn't come out until 5 or 6 o'clock in the evening. Sleep all day, sleep and cook and eat, stay in the house. That sun is hot, anyway. It ain't right out there.
fingers good learn
I ain't learn everything yet at 95. But I got good fingers, that's one thing, I got good fingers. If it weren't for them fingers I wouldn't be going now.
gave knew people
When I started to recording, I gave the name of Honeyboy, but my people only knew me by Honey.
pick playing time
My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar down, I pick it up.
dead god raise ready
I should have been dead 50, 60 years ago. God just wasn't ready for me. Because I used to raise hell and drink. I've had my fun!
home
I left home when I was 17 with Joe Williams.
blues good man people played plays stack supposed top
You don't have to play a whole lot of guitar to be a good blues player. Some people plays too much guitar. Stack it on top of each other the way it don't - you're working too fast. Blues not supposed to be played fast. Blues supposed to be played slow. You could kill a man with just one chord.
people sung verses
The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are doing... what they all went through. It's not just a song, see?
robert
I was 22 years old when I met Robert Johnson. I was there the night he was poisoned.