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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When you catch me playing something at home, it's somebody else's stuff where I can what we call steal licks from, and that's how I taught myself how to play.