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There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.

I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they’re just kickin’ it.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

And I was very comfortable with this band even when we disagreed. It takes a long time to feel comfortable enough to disagree with somebody. When everything happened, it just was really confusing. It’s like our weaknesses were nurtured and brought out front by outsiders.

Music is the space between the notes.

I’ll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

Every time I listen back to solos of mine I’ll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can’t stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don’t think so much like that.

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

I not only played and sang blues, but I also had to toss the piano around a bit to amuse the patrons.