But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road.

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss it.

The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight.

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.

You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop.

My style is all to myself.

I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them.

I am a happy man. I've had a good life.