I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware and you have to vote. Our lives are political.

All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy.

I just want people to see what I deem as a war for no reason, but only for greed.

Around midnight I heard them shout unfaithful one and I knew right then the axe was gonna fall. It's because of me.

Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!

I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody.

In order to play jazz, you have to be able to play the blues.