But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

I wish you could see what I see when I look at you.

I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company.

Sometimes I wish that I could go into a time machine right now and just look at my self and say, 'Calm down. Things are gonna be fine. Things are gonna be all great. Just relax.'

It was one of those moments—which sometimes occur only at the interval of years—when a man's moral aspect is faithfully revealed to his mind's eye. Not improbably, he had never before viewed himself as he did now.

Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.