When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that y'all did that tribute to Muddy Waters. I had a real good time

When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

There's only one cook in the kitchen, only one chef. I let the soloists do their thing - you've gotta let a man do a solo the way he wants - but as far as picking the tunes and working on the arrangements, I take full responsibility for it.

I got tired of playing other people's songs.

I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.