The blacks have their parties, hustle a little liquor, get some things together, and I used to play for those peoples. They'd come get me on time, but they wouldn't bring me back on time... Done picked cotton all day,… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
Oh, I started out young. They handed me a cotton sack when I was about 8 years old. Give me a little small one, tell me to fill it up. I never did like the farm but I was out… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
If I had a million dollars, I just wouldn't just completely set back. I'd have to get out there and show my face to… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
If you got something you don't want other people to know, keep it in your pocket. — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
Theres no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, Im playing… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through. — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
I went down to my baby's house and I sit down on her steps. She said, now come on in now, you know, my… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
Now that I'm gettin old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
People should hear the pure blues - the # blues we used to have when we had no money. — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
Man, you don't know how I felt that afternoon when I heard that VOICE and it was my own VOICE. — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
