A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.

I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.

All the things I used to like - cookies, ice cream, gumbo - I don't like anymore.

See, I don't like places where people can't dance - don't like clubs or theatres where a bunch of bourgeois people sit around tip, tip, tipping their fingers.

I sing the songs that people need to hear.

The two things you can't fake are good food and good music

I figured I could do "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth.