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

There's no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, I'm playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues - the blues we used to have when we had no money.

To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.'

Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing.

A lot of people relate me to the blues but I don't think it's a hindrance at this point. I've been doing it long enough that I can do different things and be accepted.

I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so.

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.

In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.

So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.