Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday.

If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that we caught long before. So thanks to them, thanks to all you guys. You opened doors that I don't think would have been opened in my lifetime. When white America started paying attention to the blues - it started opening a lot of doors that had been closed to us.

A lot of times I say to myself, "I wished I could be worthy of all the compliments that people give me sometimes." I'm not inventing anything that's going to stop cancer or muscular dystrophy or anything, but I like to feel that my time and talent is always there for the people that need it. When someone do say something negative, most times I think about it, but it don't bother me that much.

Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.

The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.

A lot of people believe what other people say.

Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.