I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.

Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.

It's kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that's the way to success.

Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.

I love what I'm doing. And the world is so mad at everybody. If I do something to make people smile, I'm going to say, I got you. For that moment, if it don't last, I made you forget about the other thing you might have been thinking about.

I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know.