I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12

There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.

I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling; if you don't have that, you're not going to be good at it.

I think about legacy a lot, hopefully at the end of the day they say I was a good bluesman. That's all I want.

I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at.