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.

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.

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

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

But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road.

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

It don't take me no three days to record no album.