If you had to call it "unison", it ain't unison. It ain't the same as somebody else. If you can hear that it's unison, and you have to name it something other than "unison", it ain't unison, you know what I mean? It's two guys playin', but one guy is playin' slightly out of tune, one is playin' slightly off meter.

If you have a tone like mine that is recognizable. No matter what I play, when you hear my tone you can tell it's me.

For me, music and life are all about style.

That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.

If I have a dynamite bass player - I have Darryl Jones - it's so easy to write for him because he's such a funky kid and he's gifted. He's like a little genius.

John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive