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

Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him. I wanted to play like all of them. All of these people were important to me. I couldn't play like any of them, though.

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.

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.

I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.

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

The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source.