From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home.
The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.
Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records.
It was just like Howlin' Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of the saddest blues stuff.
I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.
Reading music is something that's inherently hateful to me. It makes music like mathematics.