Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.

The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable.

Unfortunately, I made the mistake at one point of putting my address on the back of one of my albums, just to find out what would happen. I received a lot of disturbing mail and calls. Actually, I was living in a hotel, so it was easy enough to find the number. I got a kick out of it for a while. Then I realized what I'd done.

Jesus Christ, this godamn rain, will someone put me on a train.

it ain't no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones

and when they pulled her from the wreck, you know, she still had on her shades

Oh I don't mind going to weddings, just as long as it's not my own.