Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.

Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that 's why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I'm just roaming around, vagabonding.

Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.

No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways.

Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution.