I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales. I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton ... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.

Notes are expensive... spend them wisely

When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached. Think what they might do over time.

When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh, something else! You think of one of the great American ball players, or one of the great fighters of the world, you know, that's the way he would attack any note on his guitar.