I Can't Afford No Liquor, All I

There Was A Lot Of Other Young Players Around At That Time When I Was Coming, But There Was Older People Like Blind Lemon, Which Was One Of My Favorites. I Don't Know, Just Seemed Like Everybody I Heard Could Play Better Than Me.

Being A Blues Singer Is Like Being Black Two Times.

Charlie Christian Had No More Impact On My Playing Than Django Reinhardt Or Lonnie Johnson. I Just Wanted To Play Like Him. I Wanted To Play Like All Of Them. All Of These People Were Important To Me. I Couldn't Play Like Any Of Them, Though.

The Crowds Treat Me Like My Last Name. When I Go Onstage People Usually Stand Up, I Never Ask Them To, But They Do. They Stand Up And They Don't Know How Much I Appreciate It.

Singing About Your Sadness Unburdens Your Soul. But The Blues Hollers Shouted About More Than Being Sad. They Were Also Delivering Messages In Musical Code. If The Master Was Coming, You Might Sing A Hidden Warning To The Other Field Hands . . . The Blues Could Warn You What Was Coming. I Could See The Blues Was About Survival.