I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.

I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.

The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. Its cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. Its not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.

I like to see how people interact with each other and I draw from that. I'm inspired by that.

The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.

I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.