And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

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

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.

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

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

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

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