Don't try to be someone else. Be yourself.

When you are sitting in a room and somebody does something or says something and a thought comes, an idea or a melody - you have to just grab it while it's there because it will go away.

I'm just a restless soul musically.

I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes.

My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there were all types. That was my inspiration.

At home in the states, I think there's a tendency in the states to go for the latest, greatest thing. The latest, greatest is the latest greatest. I think when you're talking about France, England, things like that, they look for the history of an artist and they go back when it comes to music like this anyway. They will go back a little bit further. I think the United States is very knowledgeable and it's a good place to play.

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.