Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.

But I've always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I'm here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.

About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I do have a love of music and I do love to communicate it, and that's the best I can do, really. And I can raise a good family, too.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.

And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You've got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.

Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.

If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?