I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.

Notes are expensive... spend them wisely

You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.

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.

When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!

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

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