Every morning just before breakfast I don't want no coffee or tea, just me and my good Buddy Wieser, that's all I ever need.

On the day I was born, the nurses gathered around, to gaze in wide wonder at the joy they had found.

How would you define [Bob] Dylan? You can't. That's a true artist. How about Ray Charles? Can you classify Ray Charles? No, you can't. He's just great, period.

As you get older the odds are against you that you are still going to be on the planet.

Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs I did. That set us apart from the average blues band.

I didn't live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles.

I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal. I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal.