"Maybe if I knew music I couldn't do what I am doing."

"Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself."

"Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed."

"Until they put that sand and dirt in my face I will not sit in church all day."

"The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me."