My only expenses are probably guitar strings and records.

If Frank Sinatra is singing, maybe everything will go good.

My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, they're the best songs ever.

I don't know what people think in making record is like. But basically, I got a bunch of spaghetti and spaghetti sauce, and the whole band was staying at my house and we had a ball.

I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.

I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life.

When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.