People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

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

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.

I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.