The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.

Mose Allison is a beautiful musician.

The whole of life itself expresses the blues. That's why I always say the blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling and understanding. The blues can be about anything pertaining to the facts of life. The blues call on God as much as a spiritual song do.

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.

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

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