It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.

I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

And if I don't be there by morning, she'll know that I must've spent the night in jail.

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated.

When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out 'how do I get in the fast lane going that way?'. I'm going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.