When I saw all of the people I have known all these years, when we got together, it was scary because B.B King and I lived in the same place in Nevada.

Life is like a butterfly. You can chase, or you can let it come to you.

A fox is a wolf who sends flowers.

The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment.

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.

All of these years that I have been singing, no one has done a documentary about my music as far as I'm concerned.

Everytime I think I want to be young again, I remember algebra and physics.

But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.

We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues.

I thought the best thing you were supposed to do was find somebody and try to sound like them.

I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage.

I yearn to make these scars disappearAnd to forget about the past.To throw away all of my fearsAnd to be happy at last.

one may know how to gain victory, and know not how to use it

Given a choice, I would never want a life totally devoid of pain, but life is meaningless without some sadness.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

Thinking man's crumpet? Well, it's more flattering than being a lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose.

To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself.

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

It is always safe to tell people that they're looking wonderful.

I think anyone who isn't investing in Nigeria is missing out. If you look at Nigeria today, literally all of the business class cabins are full of foreigners, because these guys see opportunity.

I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.