Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.
About Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunterwas an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter resumed her singing career in 1977.
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Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)
Until they put that sand and dirt in my face I will not sit in church all day.
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)
None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I’m too strict for that.
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)
The musicians that didn’t know music could play the best blues. I know that I don’t want no musicians who know all about music playin’ for me.
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)
Maybe if I knew music I couldn’t do what I am doing.
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)
Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)