I been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory. Muddy Waters bluedeliverlife Change image and share on social
I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing. Muddy Waters ballbaseballfinger share on social
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 there with my grandmother, didn't want to get away from around her too far. Muddy Waters cottonfarmfill share on social
I was so wild and crazy and dumb in my car. It didn't run but 30 miles an hour. You made do. Muddy Waters carcrazydumb Change image and share on social
I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for? Muddy Waters backbadmississippi Change image and share on social
If you got something you don't want other people to know, keep it in your pocket. Muddy Waters peoplepocket Change image and share on social
I stone got crazy when I saw somebody run down them strings with a bottleneck. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and I said that I had to learn. Muddy Waters bottleneckchristmascrazy Change image and share on social
That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through. Muddy Waters deltahearmississippi Change image and share on social
I rambled all the time. I was just like that, like a rollin' stone. Muddy Waters ramblerollinstone Change image and share on social
I was messing around with the harmonica... but I was 13 before I got a real good note out of it. Muddy Waters goodharmonicamess Change image and share on social
