The idea of 'Spoonful' was that it doesn't take a large quantity of anything to be good. If you have a little money when you need it, you're right there in the right spot, that'll buy you a whole lot.

I just play blues for fun.

Somebody has been cashing checks, and they've been bouncing back on us. And these people, the poor class of Negroes and the poor class of white people, they're getting tired of it.

Farming's always been my business.

I raise corn and cattle and soybeans. Soybeans are a good cash crop.

I used to have a radio show. That's how I started foolin' around with recording.

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many.

Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art.

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude has always been if it had to be done he'd prefer me to do it than somebody else.

By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.

The reality is I'm not this person with this driving 'get it done' attitude.