I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the streets again.

My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.

I never had the blues; the blues always had me.

That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.'

Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd run out of them.

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.

Blues is not a dream, blues is truth.

I only write about what I do, what happens to me.

God’s constant wealth is accessible to us, if we cultivate His holiness in our lives

If you asked me to marry you all over again today I'd say yes, said Valentine.And if I had only met you for the first time today, I'd ask.

Every lie a person tells is an emotional dead end road that puts weight on the heart. Satisfaction is always in the truth.

Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.

Definitely. The way I look is a reflection of who I am. That's how my music is too.

See ye not, Courtesy is the true Alchemy, turning to gold all it touches and tries?

The time has come to make the difficult decision. Charity begins at home. We can no longer afford to rebuild Afghanistan and America. We must choose. And I choose America.

All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait.

how poor and disheartening a thing is experience compared with hope!

We got to stop doing that, ladies. You know, men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.