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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here.

Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.

I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew then, same as I know today, that I wasn't doing anything wrong. I think that before they died, they both felt very proud of me.

As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.

I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.

I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

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I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

I have a very small physique, so it's a little hard to find suits that really fit me well. I have to wear sizes that are really skinny.

What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law.

Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise.

I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.

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