Pinetop Perkins Quotes & Sayings

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 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

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 I learned I learned on my own. I didn't have much school. Three years. — Pinetop Perkins

I play any piano with a good tune. — Pinetop Perkins

I can't play piano like I used to either. I used to have bass rolling like thunder. I can't do that no more. But I ask the Lord, please forgive me for the stuff I done trying to make a nickel. — Pinetop Perkins