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.

I am more of a rock guy than I am a blues guy. People get the idea that I am a dyed in the wool blues cat, but I rock out when I do my show you know that.

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.

There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.

I love Willy DeVille. He's very missed.

My father had a couple of Mitch Miller records and a Spike Jones record, and that was it. My older brother had two or three Elvis Presley singles, and that was about it. The rest of it I did on my own.