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

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.

It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I've come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

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.

I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way - though it's quite strenuous on the fingertips.

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.