The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.

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.

From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

the thing about pessimism is that in most cases it's nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.

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.