What we are fed through the media I do not accept, unless you see it with your own eyes you cant trust anything.

I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way.

I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about the way people want to write about me. I just try and concentrate on my work and do that as well as I can.

I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have changed, in that I'm just an ongoing artist. I'm not quite sure what the next project needs to be until it presents himself, and then I know. I just follow dutifully while I'm being led.

I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in the universe and people use it in the way that they need it in their lives.