My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.
If I can't play music, what am I gonna do? Music keeps people sane. When you enjoy yourself, most of the time the people who are listening to you enjoy it.
Music keeps people sane.
As long as you've got your horn in your mouth, you're developing.
Ninety-five percent of my audience was white.
We were all influenced by Lester [Young]. Listen to the records that he made with [Count] Basie. Nobody's got what he's got. He's still the daddy.