I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The bartender there used to call me Boom Boom. I don't know why, but he did.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks.

When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.

I don't do nothin’ I don't want to do.

I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

No matter what you got, the blues is there

It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .

I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and they found me and come got me. Stayed about a month an' split again.

Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.

You need a strong family because at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally. Luckily, I have my dad, mom and sister.

We must trust as if it all depended on God and work as if it all depended on us

If Scotland and America go to war, I'm afraid I've already sworn in.

I don't want to redo what I've [just done]. I don't want to retread old ground.

You need to indoctrinate empathy out of people in order to arrive at extreme capitalist positions.

I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.

A little person in a little place can use a little thing, perform a little task, and receive a great reward.

The troubles came and I saved what I could save. A thread of light, a particle, a wave.