I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.

If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a publicist having his say on how he should sing the songs. When you listen to his records, you feel like you're tapping into his voice.

I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time.

It might be a meaningless moment, but those sparks that ignite the song.... It's mystical maybe, those magic moments. And to make music for a living, to perform these songs over and over, you have to safeguard those sparks. If you can do that, they'll last a lot longer.

My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.

When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.

I went every Sunday to church when I was growing up, and I think that music had an affect on me before my memory can recall.