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.

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.

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.

I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and they found me and come got me. Stayed about a month an' split again.

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

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

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.