Not only do I say, get up and get out, I tell the cancer to get up and get out. And if you don't get up and get out, I'm going to shout you out. And I get to shout.

Doctors removed my gallbladder and pancreas, which are supposed to break down sugar and alcohol.

When I'm on tour, I don't see these spots as much as I'd like. I'm just in, I perform, then I'm out. I hope to spend years sightseeing, then more years after that.

I often call Daptone the Motown and Stax of today. But in some ways it's different. At Motown, a lot of the musicians didn't get recognized, music got stolen, and people didn't get paid. Or the label would just throw them a pinch of money for their songs. That is one thing we're not doing. Anything anyone writes here, we get a percentage.

I know for one thing that alcohol will have no more part in my life.

I'm lookin' at these Disney characters, these young girls coming out looking like, little whores.

I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.