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.

When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.

I don't do nothin’ I don't want to do.

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.

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

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

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.