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Ma Rainey

  • “Went out last night / With a crowd of my friends / They must have been women / 'Cause I don't like no men ...”

    • Ma Rainey,
    • song, "Prove It On Me Blues" ()

  • “A tune's like a staircase — walk up on it.”

    • Ma Rainey,
    • in Studs Terkel, Giants of Jazz ()

  • “[Advice to Bessie Smith:] Let your soul do the singin'.”

    • Ma Rainey,
    • in Studs Terkel, Giants of Jazz ()

  • “I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past.”

    • Ma Rainey,
    • "Last Minute Blues," in Will Friedwalk, Jazz Singing ()

Ma Rainey, U.S. blues singer

(1886 - 1939)

Full name: Gertrude Pridgett Rainey.