I didn't live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles.

You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble.

Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didn't have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous.

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.

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

Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs I did. That set us apart from the average blues band.

My grandfather used to say I don't care how you talk about me, good or bad, just don't leave me out of the conversation.