If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard.

Young, gay and stuck in Arkansas? Sounds like a horror flick.

I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.

I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly colored wrapping paper.

Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me.

Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician.

For me, Memphis has always been a city that holds a great deal of meaning and also leads me to a lot of thinking. Besides Sun Studio, which helped put rock n' roll on the map all over the world, the legendary Stax Studio also called Memphis home.