The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.

I have things that I'm interested in, and I'm not really interested in writing about anything that I'm not interested in. But it's important to me to be able to see it from a different perspective, and add something new to the whole picture.

There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.

Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children.

I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.