For the blues singer, the world is his text... like any artist, the blues singer has the task of bringing order out of chaos.

I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I think of all of us as artists, because we have voices and we are each of us unique.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

You see it's like this: boxing is just another kind of rhythm activity. Like all sports is based on rhythm. Dig: if you ain't got no rhythm, you can't play no sports.

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.