I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries.

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that.

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

We could play them through the week, and then the weekend we could play the black joints. I learned to be very versatile and learned to love it. So it stays with me even up to now.