Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.

It doesn't take much to be good, but it takes a lot to be real good.

They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.

It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and browse. Maybe browse online, yet that tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life's simple pleasures.

The blues is life itself.

Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.