My papa said son don't let the man getcha and do what he done to me.

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album.

Usually I just let my songs do the talking. As a matter of fact I have long had an aversion to celebrities endorsing politics, and in some cases even other causes. I wonder about their motives. And I have to admit when celebrities get involved in political campaigns I tend to get a little bit sarcastic about it.

You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run again. You got to hide-hidey-hide, the old man is down the road.

There's a bad moon on the rise.

When the bad stuff was really intense in my life, it was really what you would call writer's block. Your facility is just not as good because you feel so bad. I've heard of people right on the verge of suicide coming up with some of their best work. I wish I could think of an example, other than Van Gogh, perhaps!