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

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.

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.

Standing between these two guys you'd have to be me to know how I'm feelin'!

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.