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
Ma Rainey quotes about
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.
music advice soul
[Advice to Bessie Smith:] Let your soul do the singin'.
world empty
This be an empty world without the blues.
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 tunes staircases
A tune's like a staircase - walk up on it.