I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do.

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality.

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.

In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.

When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh.