On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me.

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of.

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.