Scott Joplin (1977)

Taj Mahal: Poor Alfred

Quotes 

• Poor Alfred : Get up from the piano, boy. You're hurting its feelings.

• John The Baptist : I'm playin' a cakewalk, man.

  Poor Alfred : Who in the world is you?

  John The Baptist : I'm what you call it, man.

• John The Baptist : Mick's gonna play you for a sucker, boy.

  Poor Alfred : Now, wait. Now, wait. We ain't talkin' 'bout just any boy. We talkin' 'bout boy here. Boy on his way, gonna be a famous black composer like all o' them other famous black composers. Now, now, who is it? What, what's their name, uh, and there was this other shine. What chu know? Ain't no black composers, 'cept boy here, gonna be da first. 'Cept there ain't no first! Ain't no black first anything.

• Poor Alfred : Don't you let anybody tell ya that nobody can play as good as me.