People have been brainwashed into believing that it's got to be down or it wouldn't be blues. But it's not so. It's got to be a fact or it wouldn't be blues.

The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.

A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else.

It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious love satisfies my soul.

I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give people inspiration for the future.

The blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits.

I see you watching me like a hawk. I don't mind about the things you talk. But if you touch me something's got to give. I live the life I love and I love the life I live.

The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits

The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.

I don't want you to cook my bread, I don't want you to make my bed. I don't want you to because I'm sad and blue, I just want to make love to you.

Sonny Boy Williamson (II) was a beautiful guy, a straight guy... (but) he was always raising hell one way or another, so you never could tell if he was drunk or sober.

Doubt is a form of pessimism that acts as an agent, which is sent to hinder prosperity on its materilization journey.

The great thing about remote or dead masters is that they can't refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.

The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted

What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.

Casual obedience and lukewarm commitment weaken faith.

USC is the National Champion like Al Gore is the President of the United States.

Start-up should focus on innovation not on building on infrastructure. Thanks to Google cloud service they can.

It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.