I think I've just gotten better at learning how to write a song.

I moved from Minnesota out to Los Angeles and I thought I was going to hate it out there, but I really like it.

I wanted to have something that I was proud of and that I knew people would enjoy.

My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding.

My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.

Well, people who are blues purist types are usually the most vocal and the ones that pop up on the websites.

It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.