A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else.

The blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits.

A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else.

According to Biblical history and all of the history of the world, the blues was built in man from the beginning. The first thing that came out of man is the blues because, according to the Scriptures, when God made man, man was lonesome and blue.

Sonny Boy Williamson (II) was a beautiful guy, a straight guy... (but) he was always raising hell one way or another, so you never could tell if he was drunk or sober.

The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.

I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give people inspiration for the future.