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

I don't want you to cook my bread, I don't want you to make my bed. I don't want you to because I'm sad and blue, I just want to make love to you.

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.

It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious love satisfies my soul.

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

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.

Mose Allison is a beautiful musician.