He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.

You just write about things that happen.

The fan base that I've had all these years has come along. Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.

I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.

I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.

I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn't have when I was young.