I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer

I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.

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.

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.

I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.

Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.