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 w…

- Willie Dixon

According to Biblical history and all of the history of the world, the blues was built in man from the beginning. The first thing that came out of ma…

- Willie Dixon

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

- Willie Dixon

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

- Willie Dixon

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

- Willie Dixon

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 …

- Willie Dixon

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

- Willie Dixon

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 b…

- Willie Dixon

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.

- Willie Dixon