We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.

Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.

If things are going slow, I'm itchy.

We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.

I like walking on the edge.

Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it.

The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.