All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.

He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

I would sing the blues if I had the blues.

My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.

Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.

A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song Yesterday. Listen to the lyrics.