They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn't seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.

Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant.

For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.

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.

It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old men's voices. As a kid, I didn't like pip-squeaked singers.