Yeah, we went to England to do a show and I got off the plane and I couldn't write my name or hold my hand up.

When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.

Little Walter I would've liked to have played with

Yeah, we went to England to do a show and I got off the plane and I couldn't write my name or hold my hand up.

I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers.

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house

I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12