Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy.

I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

The best artists are gone now.

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

I think the blues will always be around. People need it.

There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.

T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around.

I think about legacy a lot, hopefully at the end of the day they say I was a good bluesman. That's all I want.

I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician.

When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling; if you don't have that, you're not going to be good at it.

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house

She is the one relentless, constant thought in my head and tug in my damn chest. The only she that has ever existed in my life.

Your success is hidden underneath your fears and weaknesses

Be comforted! If there are people who can't stand to be around you, just remember that darkness hates light and deceit hates truth.

Revolution is not a one time event.

I find that it is much easier now for women to be in any position because, as you see, they are presidents of banks, they are prime ministers, they are doctors. Everything is about women.

Trust has shifted from institutions to individuals.

I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.

We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.

Watching something being constructed, whether you're passing a building site or whether you're watching an artist at work, is fascinating, and I think that's the enjoyment.

Pressure is always a part of a racing driver's life, but my father helped me a lot on my way to becoming a F1 driver.