I love all kinds of music.

As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It's not a style that's difficult to pick up. It's purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with.

I'm easily distracted by other things in the world around me.

My parents were music lovers and collectors. It was around.

From the time I moved to San Francisco in 1967 to play with the Steve Miller Band, there was a lot of support in the music community for one cause or another, but this one was special because it was put on by people who understood where musicians hearts are.

As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.

The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.