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.

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

Someone told me once that blues is like whiskey. They keep whiskey in the barrel for so many years, and then they talk about how well it's aged. But I don't think that goes for him. I think this young man has just stepped in there sayin', 'I'm gonna prove you all wrong.' I think he's like a watermelon, man. He's ripe.

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 was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I'm not going to be too picky about what I do. I don't have the juice to say no too many times.

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

What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.