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 do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing a novel seems impossible.

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

I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.

Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a relatively new way of writing. It's only really the last five to 10 years that I've taken my writing seriously in this way, as something I can keep working toward. I think I feel myself much more before as simply a songwriter.

I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day.

Folk music was to strengthen and unify people, whether it was through an uprising and rebellion or whether is was through hard work, bringing in crops. But it was to strengthen each other and that's still what music is about today.