I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

The early years when I was starting, blues player, you wasn't always welcome in a lot of the other places. People usually have preconceived ideas about blues music. They always feel that it's depressing and that it's just something that a guy sit out on a stool, grab a guitar, and just start singing or mumbling or whatever.

A lot of times I say to myself, "I wished I could be worthy of all the compliments that people give me sometimes." I'm not inventing anything that's going to stop cancer or muscular dystrophy or anything, but I like to feel that my time and talent is always there for the people that need it. When someone do say something negative, most times I think about it, but it don't bother me that much.

Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here

Playing guitar is like telling the truth.

And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

A lot of people believe what other people say.