I'm a [Bob] Dylan freak, like everybody else.

Every time you go in and make a record it is like a calling card, not so people can come and hear you live or are interested in your catalog.

I said if you want to be Keith Richards, you've got to listen to Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Then I thought, "What did Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry listen to?" I said, "They listened to Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters." Well who'd they listen to? They listened to Robert Johnson. I said, "Ok, we'll start with that."

I swore under oath with the government not to give the whereabouts of my location.

My parents taught me what life is about, so I grew up the type they warned me about.

Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working; you know what I'm saying?

The [2012 covers album] 2120 [South Michigan Ave.] was different. We covered a lot of classics there. But most of the time when we did it I always prided myself on digging up obscure songs that no one knew of.