That memory of making the record is a huge part of the record itself.

I hope people leave my show thinking they've had a worthwhile couple of hours. The worst thing you want is for people to think they've wasted their time or didn't get their money's worth.

I like New Orleans music, I like Memphis music and I like the way that the sound like those places. I like how there are stars and there are people in those cities that are revered in the community.

We still need to have one beautiful lady standing there.

I care about the records I make and I love writing songs and some songs are really dear to me and they mean something. But the memory of making the records and the activities surrounding the records, the people involved in them is actually a bigger thing to me.

When I'm recording a song, I wake up and I'm thinking about it. I go to sleep and I'm thinking about it.

That memory of making the record is a huge part of the record itself.