I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.

I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, 'This is fantastic.'

I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me away from church and community worship to the internal journey. Before my recovery began, I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter.

If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

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

A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.