Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss it.

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them.

I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The bartender there used to call me Boom Boom. I don't know why, but he did.

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.