No matter what you got, the blues is there

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.

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

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.

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.

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