A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.

I think that it can be said of a lot of artists, and myself included, that we made the same record over and over from the beginning.

My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.

My earliest influences were things I heard in my household.

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.

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

A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.