No One Can Take It Away From

If It Wasn't For The British Musicians, A Lot Of Us Black Musicians In America Would Still Be Catchin' The Hell That We Caught Long Before. So Thanks To Them, Thanks To All You Guys. You Opened Doors That I Don't Think Would Have Been Opened In My Lifetime. When White America Started Paying Attention To The Blues - It Started Opening A Lot Of Doors That Had Been Closed To Us.

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.

May I Live Forever. But May You Live Forever And A Day.

I'm No Good With Chords. I'm Horrible With Chords.

The Early Years When I Was Starting, Blues Player, You Wasn't Always Welcome In A Lot Of The Other Places. People Usually Have Preconceived Ideas About Blues Music. They Always Feel That It's Depressing And That It's Just Something That A Guy Sit Out On A Stool, Grab A Guitar, And Just Start Singing Or Mumbling Or Whatever.