Folks talk too fast, and don't understand what they talkin' about.

- Son House

The blues is not a plaything like some people think they are.

- Son House

Ain't but one kind of blues and that consists of a male and female that's in love.

- Son House

You can sing the blues in church if you use the words right.

- Son House

Don't never follow your first mind, cause that's the one that's wrong. 'Cause the Devil beats God to you every time.

- Son House

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

- Son House