It's kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that's the way to success.

They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that don't sound too sad to me!

When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.

If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.

Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.

Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.

I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

I'm gonna play something so funky you can smell it

If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living, and if you don't think you're drunk, just keep drinking what you're drinking.

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

There are things we do that the human mind doesn't understand, yet the same things are meant for the heart to fully comprehend.

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

My books hold between their covers every story I've ever known and still remember, or have now forgotten, or may one day read; they fill the space around me with ancient and new voices.

Together, we're going to finish the job we started.

Condition de l'homme: inconstance, ennui, inquie tude. Man's condition. Inconstancy, boredom, anxiety.

In fashion, only sexy won’t go out of fashion.

Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.

I resist all established beliefs. My religion basically is to be immediate, to live in the now.

I don't always wear underwear. When I'm in the heat, especially, I can't wear it. Like, if I'm wearing a flower dress, why do I have to wear underwear?