If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here.

I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

Whenever I'm in Kansas City, I think back to all the jazz-blues greats who played the blues here - like Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Jay McShann. I watched those guys jam in different places and heard a lot of things - but I couldn't do what they did. They were too good.

I was a singing disc jockey who heard every type of music there was - and loved it all.