In them days I just as soon died -- except for my harmonica. It was like a friend who didn't give a damn if I could see or not.

- Sonny Terry

You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that …

- Sonny Terry

It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.

- Sonny Terry

If talk was money, you'd be a millionaire. If thoughts could kill, there'd be no one here.

- Sonny Terry

So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton …

- Sonny Terry

If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.

- Sonny Terry