I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

It don't take me no three days to record no album.

I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And I can sing the blues so deep until you can have this room full of money and I can give you the blues.

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.

My style is all to myself.