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'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers.

The best artists are gone now.

I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician.

The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record

I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues.

Everybody was tellin' me that I had to do something different, and I kind of agreed that I did need to vary it a little bit. I still love some rock 'n' roll too.