I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.
The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.
I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know.
Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.
What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.
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.