Never play a thing the same way twice

When I go to the Gate, I'll play a duet with Gabriel. Yeah, we'll play 'Sleepy Time Down South' and 'Hello, Dolly!.' Then he can blow a couple that he's been playing up there all the time.

I was determined to play my horn against all odds, and I had to sacrifice a whole lot of pleasure to do so.

When I play, maybe 'Back o' Town Blues,' I'm thinking about one of the old, low-down moments - when maybe your woman didn't treat you right. That's a hell of a moment when a woman tell you, 'I got another mule in my stall.'

It was fairly serious, but I didn't realize how much play it would get. My fault. In hindsight, I shouldn't have done it.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.