The harmonica is the most voice-like instrument, you can make it wail, feel happy, or cry. It's like singing the blues without words.

To me, the harmonica is like a voice.

I love the music, but being on the road ain't a piece of cake, but it is real rewarding. You've got to - all those people can't come to my house, so I've got to go out on the road and play for them.

It is secular spiritual music, the gospel blues. It's music from the heart instead of the head.

When (Big) Walter was in the right mood, he could be the most ferocious, the most inventive, the most dangerous harp player I ever heard.

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.

The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life, a religion or religion-surrogate to live by and understand by, in about the same sense that he needs sunlight, calcium or love.

Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly

Vichy proves one thing: if you don't want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don't lose a war.

When youre a girl, passion can dominate the equation, but as you grow up relationships evolve. Mad passion can grab you at first, but it cant last forever.

The men in the steel industry who sacrificed their all were nor merely aiding their fellows at home but were adding strength to the cause of their comrades in all industry.

He understood how dangerous oaths could be. But Leo didn't care. "I'm coming back for you, Calypso," he said to the night wind. "I swear it on the River Styx.

I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.

Tangier is one of the few places left in the world where, so long as you don't proceed to robbery, violence, or some form of crude, antisocial behavior, you can do exactly what you want.