What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.

The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.

I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company.

In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.

Leave your ego, play the music, love the people.

I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.

I've been waiting for that bright sunshine to show up and shine in my back door someday.

But my big thing was always the blues.

When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.

In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.

Joy is a choice, and it’s something we fight for and choose.

We must take responsibility for ourselves, for who we become, for how we live each day.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I’ve been learning how to die.

The school-boy doesn't force himself to learn his vocabularies and rules altogether at night, but knows that be must impress them again in the morning.

I love French auto design of the early '50s, '60s, early '70s of Citorens, Renaults, and Peugeots. They're so unique.

I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist.

What is Maximum Governance, Minimum Government? It means government has no business to be in business.

Kitsch is deep in its superficiality. Art is superficially deep.

Test everything, try everything, and then believe it, and if you find it for the good of many, give it to all.