64 Quotes by David Edwards

I watched my daddy play that guitar, and whenever I could, I would pick it up and strum on it.

The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are doing... what they all went through. It's not just a song, see?

You don't have to play a whole lot of guitar to be a good blues player. Some people plays too much guitar. Stack it on top of each other the way it don't - you're working too fast. Blues not supposed to be played fast. Blues supposed to be played slow. You could kill a man with just one chord.

Blues ain't never going anywhere. It can get slow, but it ain't going nowhere.

I knew BB King when he first started out.

You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling.

When I was running 'round in America, about 30 years old, I didn't want no woman. I knowed I could make enough money to take care of myself, but I didn't want nobody to take care of.

I drive every day. I like to gamble.

I left home when I was 17 with Joe Williams.