Sonny Boy Williamson (II) was a beautiful guy, a straight guy. . . (but) he was always raising hell one way or another, so you never could tell if he was drunk or sober.
You choose to go voluntarily into the fire. The blaze might well destroy you. But if you survive, every blow of the hammer will serve to shape your being. Every drop of water wrung from you will temper and strengthen your soul.