Quotes from Willie Dixon

The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.

The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.

On the seventh hourOn the seventh dayOn the seventh monthThe seventh doctor sayHe was born for good luckAnd that you'll seeI got seven hundred dollarsDon't you mess with me

Men lies about that,Some of 'em cries about that,Some of 'em dies about that,Everybody fightin' about a spoonful,That spoon, that spoon, that.

Well, long way from home and, Can't sleep at all. You know another mule, Is kickin in your stall.

The Bluesis the roots of all American music.

I don't want you to cook my bread, I don't want you to make my bed. I don't want you to because I'm sad and blue, I just want to make love to you.

Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.

It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious love satisfies my soul.

I see you watching me like a hawk. I don't mind about the things you talk. But if you touch me something's got to give. I live the life I love and I love the life I live.

I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give people inspiration for the future.