But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.

Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.

I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don't realize how much I love you.

When you're onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it's very artificial. You can't really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.

I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues.

I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn't really love the song.

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.