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.

I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting.

The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.

I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying.

From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home.

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.