"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."
"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."
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"Don't try to be someone else. Be yourself."
"Just immerse yourself in the culture of the music - it will open some doors for you."
"Maybe in my personal life, but as far as my career, I've been offered some humongous things in my career and didn't take them. I look back and think, oh man, well I'd have been well off monetarily wise, but artistic wise I don't know. I'd have to say, personally, in my personal life, yeah, but in my musical life, on twenty-twenty hindsight I would say just take the good with the bad."
"I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes."
"Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician."