I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say.

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!

I like my audience. I always feel when up on stage performing that I could enjoy having a cup of coffee with any one of them.

My favorite Aggie joke? I'm sorry I don't understand the question

When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their sets and introduce me to the person that owned and booked the club.

It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are?

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living