A lot of people wonder, what is the blues? Well, I'm gonna tell you what the blues is.

I don't play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin' but the blues. That's why I wasn't interested in nothin' else.

When you ain’t got no money, you got the blues.

A lot of people wonder, what is the blues? Well, I'm gonna tell you what the blues is.

Ain't no better place than the US. This is a free enterprise system. You can get whatever you want in the US.

Watch out strange cat people, little red roosters on the prowl. If you see my little red rooster, please drive him home.

I couldn't do no yodelin', so I turned to howlin'. And it's done me just fine.