Spencer Blues Explosion

Famous quotes containing the words spencer, blues and/or explosion:

“Here the sausage and garlic booth
Sent unholy incense skyward;
There a quivering female-thing
Gestured assignations, and lied
To call it dancing;”
—Anne Spencer (1882–1975)

“It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.”
—James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

“Moderation has never yet engineered an explosion ....”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)