I can't think of anyone I've mistreated. I've always thought that I am my brother's keeper. And I believe there's a 'great spirit' that takes care of all of us.

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.

I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.

Notes are expensive... spend them wisely

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.

Being a blues singer is like being black two times.

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.