This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.

The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please believe me.

I liked roaming around by myself.

The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.

If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.

There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.

It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.

I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.

Anytime a person can play the blues, he has a soul and he has a 'lift' to play anything else he wants to play. It's sort of like the foundation to a building.

Marcii hoped she was wrong, though she knew the odds were slim.Still, in the face of everything, there is always hope.

Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time.

It is not who you are NOW, it is what GOD says you are that matter.

I act like a jerk sometimes.

The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system.

I had always been singing, all of my life, but it wasn't until I got out of high school and was on my own that I didn't have any accompaniment.

I say, make the decision, and as soon as you make the decision, the rest of your life you just manage that decision on a daily basis.

Hate destroys the hater.

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow.

While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding, Let us chime in a peal, one and all, For we all should be able to sing Hullah baloo.