I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.

I'm sad and blue, about nobody but you. I told you that I loved you right from the start, you told me the same and now you try to break my little heart.

It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.

The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.

The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad.

The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking.

I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.