I Never Use That Word, Retire.

I Was Born On A Plantation, And Things Weren't So Good. We Didn't Have Any Money. I Never Thought Of The Word 'poor' Till I Got To Be A Man, But When You Live In A House That You Can Always Peek Out Of And See What Kind Of Day It Is, You're Not Doing So Well. And Your Restroom Is Not Inside The House.

Michael Bloomfield Came In After Rock N Roll Started, And He Was A Great Guitarist. He Idolized Me - I Know That. What Else Can I Say ? He Was A Young, Excitable Man. To Him, Drugs Were Plentiful, And That Was No Good. I Talked To Him Like He Was A Son Of Mine. He Was A Great And He Was Gonna Be Greater. But He Was Part Of The "in-crowd" And So He Never Got There

I Don't Think It's Meant For Man To Know Everything At Once.

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.

Kenny Burrell Is Overall The Greatest Guitarist In The World And He's My Favorite.