"I couldn't do no yodelin', so I turned to howlin'. And it's done me just fine."
"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 just play blues for fun."
"I used to have a radio show. That's how I started foolin' around with recording."
"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."
