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

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.

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

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality.

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

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.