Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.

You can't mastermind everything. You'll go crazy. Just show up and play.

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

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.

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.