I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them

You are never really prepared for criticism.

When you are in your 20's and 30's, you just want a hit record and you don't really care how it happens

But even now, when people see me in the street, they point upwards to the sky.

I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.

Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.