I Do It Because I Still Get

When You Don't Have Much Money, You Worry That They'll Just Put You In The Ground Someplace And Your Loved Ones Won't Know Where You Are.

I Think Ive Done The Best I Could Have Done. But I Keep Wanting To Play Better, Go Further. There Are So Many Sounds I Still Want To Make, So Many Things I Havent Yet Done. When I Was Younger I Thought Maybe Id Reached That Peak. But Im 86 Now, And If I Make It Through To Next Month, Ill Be 87. And Now I Know It Can Never Be Perfect, It Can Never Be Exactly What It Should Be, So You Got To Keep Going Further, Getting Better.

If You Want To Be A Good Blues Singer, People Are Going To Be Down On You, So Dress Like You're Going To The Bank To Borrow Money.

When You Heard Jimi Hendrix, You Knew It Was Jimi Hendrix. He Introduced Himself With His Instrument. His Attack To A Guitar Man, Was, Oh, Something Else! You Think Of One Of The Great American Ball Players, Or One Of The Great Fighters Of The World, You Know, That's The Way He Would Attack Any Note On His Guitar.

It Seems Like I Always Had To Work Harder Than Other People. Those Nights When Everybody Else Is Asleep, And You Sit In Your Room Trying To Play Scales. I Just Wonder Where I Was When The Talent Was Being Given Out, Like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton ... Oh, There's Many More! I Wouldn't Want To Be Like Them, You Understand, But I'd Like To Be Equal, If You Will.