I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.

I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.

People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.

The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul.