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.

It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer

Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.

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

Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.

I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt, who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and a few others.