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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.

~Ma Rainey

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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

~Ma Rainey

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: April 26th, 1886

Died: December 22nd, 1939

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