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.

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

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

That girl has a special talent

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

I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.

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.