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

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

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.

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

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 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.