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

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.

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

Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.

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