To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues.
There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.
So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing.
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.
Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.