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I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.

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.

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to.

My style is all to myself.

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.

It don't take me no three days to record no album.

In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.

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.

I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to.

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.

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