Blues ain't never going anywhere. It can get slow, but it ain't going nowhere.
I don't care how famous a guitarist is, he ain't learned everything. There's always somewhere to go, something to mash up, but he ain't found it yet. You never learn everything on that guitar neck.
I drive every day. I like to gamble.
I knew BB King when he first started out.
I left home when I was 17 with Joe Williams.
I seen a lot of changes. You got to make changes. I even make changes in my blues.
I should have been dead 50, 60 years ago. God just wasn't ready for me. Because I used to raise hell and drink. I've had my fun!
I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone.
I was 22 years old when I met Robert Johnson. I was there the night he was poisoned.
I watched my daddy play that guitar, and whenever I could, I would pick it up and strum on it.
I'd probably sit around the house and get lonesome if I didn't have something to do.
It's a very different kind of signal.
My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar down, I pick it up.
People generally think of marriage as being a romantic engagement, but it also is a business relationship.
That's where your soul breaks.
When I started to recording, I gave the name of Honeyboy, but my people only knew me by Honey.
When I was young, I was everywhere.
You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling.
You never learn everything on that guitar neck.
