The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable.

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.

The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.

I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.

Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.

I may be drunk but at least I'm not insane.

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.