My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?

After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle ----- [expletive deleted by the New York Times], maybe they'll have a second thought - that they can be themselves and win.

I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about.

Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.

Don't compromise your self, you're all you got.