My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there were all types. That was my inspiration.

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.

I'm just a restless soul musically.

I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes.

Just immerse yourself in the culture of the music - it will open some doors for you.

I know that for category purposes, people have to lump certain artists in with genre that they make their name or their bones in. Nobody can tell me that Taj Mahal is pure blues. Nobody can tell me that Mike Bloomfield was pure blues. It was a lot of other things going on as well.

When you are sitting in a room and somebody does something or says something and a thought comes, an idea or a melody - you have to just grab it while it's there because it will go away.