I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And I can sing the blues so deep until you can have this room full of money and I can give you the blues.

Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight.

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.

I never build myself us. I let the people do that. I'm the most laid-back person, and I let them build me up. If you ask me, I say, 'I''m just a guy playin' some blues.

My style is all to myself.

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 don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.