There was a lot of other young players around at that time when I was coming, but there was older people like Blind Lemon, which was one of my favorites. I don't know, just seemed like everybody I heard could play better than me.

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

Notes are expensive... spend them wisely

I think Ive done the best I could have done. But I keep wanting to play better, go further. There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I havent yet done. When I was younger I thought maybe Id reached that peak. But Im 86 now, and if I make it through to next month, Ill be 87. And now I know it can never be perfect, it can never be exactly what it should be, so you got to keep going further, getting better.

I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

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

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