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“I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.”
 
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Ruth Brown
 
Name:   Ruth Brown
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Jan 30, 1928
 
Profession:   Musician
 
 
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When I saw all of the people I have known all these years, when we got together, it was scary because B.B King and I lived in the same place in Nevada.
 
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I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.
 
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When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.
 
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There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues.
 
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Unfortunately, the young generation, who I believe have their own place in the sun like I had mine; but I wish it was possible there were other ways to have them understand this music was here before they came, and the reason that it was here.
 
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