I'd rather be B.B. King. That's the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other ... I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.

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

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

I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.

I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!

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

I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.