“You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.”
“You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.”
“If you want to play, you gotta pay.”
“Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”
“And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You've got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.”
“Hell's a-coming and we all gotta learn to play the blues. (347)”