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I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

I used to be a great blues singer.

I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.

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.

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

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues.

When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.

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

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me.

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'