I Can't Afford No Liquor, All I

I'm Self-taught. But I Finally Learned That They Was Having Little Shows Or Night Dances Or Whatever You Call Them At Little Juke Joints Not Far From Where I Lived, And I Used To Go There. They Wouldn't Let Me Play Inside, But I Could Sit Outside On The Weekends, When It Wasn't Raining Or Something.

I Did Several Shows With Jimi Hendrix, That's When I Got To Know Him Better, I Knew Of Him, I Met Him [when He Was Playing] With Little Richard... And He Was Kind Of Quiet, Shy, He Didn't Open Up Too Much, But There Were Questions As We All Ask Each Other. You Know, "how Do You Do This" And "why Do You Do That..." We Had Very Small Discussions On Things Like That. And He Was Very Polite, I Thought [he Was] A Very Nice Guy.

It Just Seemed To Me That The Way I Played Was Nice. I Could Hear It Myself.

Education Is The One Thing That No One Can Take From You.

Blues Purists Never Cared For Me. I Don't Worry About It. I Think If It This Way: When I Made 'three O' Clock Blues,' They Were Not There. The People Out There Made The Tune. And Blues Purists Just Wrote About It. The People Is Who I'm Trying To Satisfy.