'Hound Dog' took like twelve minutes. That's not a complicated piece of work. But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Also the metric structure of the music was not easy. 'Kansas City' was maybe eight minutes, if that. Writing the early blues was spontaneous. You can hear the energy in the work.
“Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.”
“As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.”