The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.

May I love you away from the evils of today to the dreams of tomorrow, you know heaven has no sorrow.

I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it.

With any new civilization... they have to have their own officers and police and governments and all that.

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.

It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is sayin' black and white. You can see a black person. But now to get down to the nitty-gritty, it's getting' to be old and young - not the age, but the way of thinking. Old and new, actually... because there's so many even older people that took half their lives to reach a certain point that little kids understand now.

Don't use your brain to play it, let your feelings guide your fingers.