I don't know what happened. I just exploded. I'd never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can't sing like that in front of a rock band. You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don't know how to perform any other way.

I love being a star more than life itself.

You are what you settle for.

I would trade all my tomorrow's for one single yesterday.

You got to get it while you can.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.