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

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'

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

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.

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.