Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight.

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The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

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I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

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I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.

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I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to.

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Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em.

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I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start.

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I don't play a lot of fancy guitar. I don't want to play it. The kind of guitar I want to play is mean, mean licks.

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I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them.

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If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

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