I have always wanted to see what the vibe was like and I was right It's on the Vermillion Bayou.

The world has changed a lot since I started making records.I used to go into a studio and there were songs there, chosen for me to see if I liked them. I wasn't encouraged to write.

I am very picky about my people and my beer.

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.

I have always wanted to see what the vibe was like and I was right It's on the Vermillion Bayou.

Ben [Peeler] and I have known each other for a decade. He trusts my crazy ideas and spontaneous combustion and he gets the players I want and knows the kind of personality players I like. He has taste that I trust and that to me is more important than any technical things.