I Guess You Can Look

Charlie Christian Had No More Impact On My Playing Than Django Reinhardt Or Lonnie Johnson. I Just Wanted To Play Like Him. I Wanted To Play Like All Of Them. All Of These People Were Important To Me. I Couldn't Play Like Any Of Them, Though.

You Never Miss What You've Never Had. I Never Had Any Other Life. I Didn't Know Any Other Life.

I Think Ive Done The Best I Could Have Done. But I Keep Wanting To Play Better, Go Further. There Are So Many Sounds I Still Want To Make, So Many Things I Havent Yet Done. When I Was Younger I Thought Maybe Id Reached That Peak. But Im 86 Now, And If I Make It Through To Next Month, Ill Be 87. And Now I Know It Can Never Be Perfect, It Can Never Be Exactly What It Should Be, So You Got To Keep Going Further, Getting Better.

The Blues Are Three L's - Living , Loving And Hopefully, Laughing.

There Was A Lot Of Other Young Players Around At That Time When I Was Coming, But There Was Older People Like Blind Lemon, Which Was One Of My Favorites. I Don't Know, Just Seemed Like Everybody I Heard Could Play Better Than Me.