Leave your ego, play the music, love the people.
I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.
I want to play in a place people want to hear me.
Jonny Lang has the power to move the music into the next millennium by reaching the ears of a new generation. The great musicians have the power to break all of the 'isms'-race, age, sex, et cetera. Jonny Lang is one of those musicians.
Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.
The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.