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"But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road."
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"The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing."
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"I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration."
"I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas."
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"Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something."
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"If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable."
"I don't think you'll understand the true repercussions of what the 500 does for you until years down the road."
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"I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis for about six months and they found me and come got me. Stayed about a month an' split again."
"Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss it."
"I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit."
"I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them."
"I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start."
"If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going."
"You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go for the blues. The blues go but it don't stop."
"I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to."
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