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I think the blues will always be around. People need it.

The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable.

The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues.

The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together.

There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.

I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the blues. You hear a rock n' roll song. That's the blues. Somebody playing a guitar solo? They're playing the blues.

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.

I still like to play the blues more than anything else.