I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.

I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do.

In those days, between the ages of 12 and 18 you meant nothing. You were the extra place at the side table if someone came to dinner. You were of no interest to anyone.

I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so.

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.

I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the other me can't play is the dominant one.