After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string down a step so that it became a seventh, and it got me to a place where I could play all these figures fairly easily. It was not an easy thing to work out.
All of my style came from listening to records.
I lost my power in the world because I did not use it.
I didn't take lessons, and I don't know my scales.
Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.
I just find things that work and embellish them.