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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.

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.

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

I think that as you get older, you mellow out a lot more. Having been through the ups and downs in life, I feel more qualified to play the blues.

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

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

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

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

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

I was always a closet blues player.