John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive

You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.

For me, music and life are all about style.

Audiences - they like colour, you know. I can go out there wearing a red suit, man, and they'll say I'm out of sight ... I think they should be educated; you should always drop something on an audience ... When you get in front of an audience, you should try to give 'em something. After all, they're there looking at you like this. You can't go out and give 'em nothing.

Music is an addiction.

You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.