The blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits.
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.
A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else.
Mose Allison is a beautiful musician.
The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.
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.