I'm gonna play something so funky you can smell it.

Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around..

I love what I'm doing. And the world is so mad at everybody. If I do something to make people smile, I'm going to say, I got you. For that moment, if….

When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter..

I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile..

They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that don't sound too sad to me!.

It's kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that's the way to success..

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing..

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop..

I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me..

Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make ….

If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living..

Everyone thinks because you're from the south you know everyone down there, but it's not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi..

Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it..

If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living, and if you don't think you're drunk, just keep drinking what you're drinking..

Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble ….

So here I am - a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly how I got here. Any way you look at it, it's a ….

I was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I'm not going to be too picky about what I do. I don't have the juice to say no too many times..

Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime..

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else..

They just said, 'Roll the tape.' No rehearsal or nothing... Muddy [Waters] didn't come in and say 'I wanna rehearse.' He used to look at me and say '….