The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.

When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.

When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

I did several shows with Jimi Hendrix, that's when I got to know him better, I knew of him, I met him [when he was playing] with Little Richard... And he was kind of quiet, shy, he didn't open up too much, but there were questions as we all ask each other. You know, "how do you do this" and "why do you do that..." We had very small discussions on things like that. And he was very polite, I thought [he was] a very nice guy.

You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.