I don't like no fancy chords. Just the boogie. The drive. The feeling. A lot of people play fancy but they don't have no style. It's a deep feeling-you just can't stop listening to that sad blues sound. My sound.

I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.

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

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.

It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .

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.