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

I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

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

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.

Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues

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

If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that we caught long before. So thanks to them, thanks to all you guys. You opened doors that I don't think would have been opened in my lifetime. When white America started paying attention to the blues - it started opening a lot of doors that had been closed to us.