I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that's because there's been so many can do it better'n I can, play the blues better'n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things.

If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar.

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.