When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso.

A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head.

We may be human, but we're still animals.

... you watch Jimi Hendrix literally reinvent the instrument. He was playing from somewhere else. He was really a kind of hybrid, and I can't even begin to imagine where he came from

I like my voice, but I can't deliver as much as I wish I could.

When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso.

I think the thing that I got most from working with Frank Zappa is that I was able to see someone who completely independent. The most beautiful thing about Frank was that he was completely in the moment and present and eternally creative.