The blues is always there. It's going to be hard out here, but it's all right. It's all right, and that's what the blues teaches you. You got to roll with the punches and find your equilibrium.

Some stances are just conducive to swinging. If I stand up straight for too long it's harder to swing. Plus my feet hurt.

Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life, understanding what it means to be a global citizen in the most modern sense.

I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do.

I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.