"And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve."

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"And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve."

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"I figured I could do It's A Man's Man's Man's World, because I believe it's the truth."

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"Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't."

Feelings

"The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when I'm on the stage."

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"This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish."

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"That's where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like I was laying hold of some part of me that I didn't even know was there until I let it out."

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"My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that."

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"I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture."

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"When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems."

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"Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang."

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"You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them."

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