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.

All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

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.

That girl has a special talent

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

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

I don't do nothing I don't want to do.