I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.

I've always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she's pretty.

If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.

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

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.

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.