Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.
I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.
What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.
I want to play in a place people want to hear me.
I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.
When I play ball, I play hardball.
I wish they'd shut the gates, and let us play ball with no press and no fans.
I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia.
If a horse won't eat it, I don't want to play on it.
It really lasted the whole game, because I was really untouchable, unstoppable that game. But it was heightened on one particular play, and that was the longest run where everything completely slowed down. My awareness was so keen, it was so heightened, it was really amazing.
You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.
You've got to be extremely careful, because you could be with a great team, and you could be the product of a great team. There are some players that stand out despite the teams that they play on, and there are some players that are good because of the team that they're with.
It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.
I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.
Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.