Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.

My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony Hall, and the orchestra was playing. When the show started, the spotlight was sharp on this one man (Andres Segovia) and he had sombrero on and his guitar propped up like this and, oh man ... he was a master ! - I really heard it. That one guitar sounded like a whole orchestra to me.

I never use that word, retire.

When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached. Think what they might do over time.

No one can take it away from you.

Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.

When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.