I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people like that with more of a tendency toward jazz.

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.

But when I played Woodstock, I'll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thousands of people, the sea of humanity, seeing all those people united in such a unique way. It just touched me in a way that I'll never forget.

I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.

We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs.

So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.