I had a probing mind and an elephant memory.

The big compliment came from the beer drinkers who didn't know me. They wouldn't drink or move when I sang. If they had their glasses in mid-air, the glasses wouldn't come down.

I am somebody cause God don't make no junk

I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.

Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk.

I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.

I am an isolationist.