Confrontation at the Crossroads
Scratch:
You looking for me, Willie Brown? Been a long time, hasn't it, Willie? You about 17 last time we saw each other. One night on this old crossroad, wasn't it?
Willie Brown:
I come to see you, tell you the deal is off. Now, you slipped up on your end of things. I didn't end up where I wanted. I didn't end up with nothing, didn't get nothing!
Scratch:
You got what you was supposed to get, bluesman! Ain't nothing ever as good as we want it to be! But that ain't no reason to break a deal.
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Challenging Assumptions About Knowledge and Learning
Willie Brown:
You got your mind made up about how everything works, don't you? How you gonna learn anything new when you know everything already?
Willie Brown:
Look at this old guitar you been squeaking on. I bet you saw this thing in a music store and bought it just because you thought it was beat up. Well, you got it all wrong. Muddy Waters invented electricity!
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Independence and Responsibility in Young Adulthood
Willie Brown:
Mileage. You can't get that living home with your momma wiping your butt.
Eugene Martone:
No, I don't live at home.
Willie Brown:
Where you live?
Eugene Martone:
It's a school dormitory.
Willie Brown: [sarcastically]
Oh, school dormitory. Oh, times is hard. Times is hard!
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Confrontation between Scratch's Assistant and Blind Boy
Scratch's Assistant:
See you in hell, blind boy.
Scratch's Assistant: [laughs]
Well, well, well. Who sent you here? Can't talk, little man? Bet ya can't play none, either!
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Legacy of a Musician's Journey
Willie Brown:
Lots of towns … lots of songs … lots of women … good times, bad times … the only thing I wanted anyone to say is … "He could really play … he was good.
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The Blues Reflect on Lost Love
Willie Brown:
Blues ain't nothing but a good man feeling bad, thinking about the woman he once was with.
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Consequences of Choices in Life
Willie Brown:
Where I come from, you don't blow no harp, you don't get no pussy.
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