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But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

I haven't got the energy to write now.

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

I put a limited time on the blues. I say, 'I allowed myself to be blue for four hours, and now I'm going to stop.'

It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.

I been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory.

Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway.

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

But my big thing was always the blues.

When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso.