If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
I don't think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life.
The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.
New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.
The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.