I'd rather be B.B. King. That's the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other ... I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.

There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.

Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.

I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.

The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source.