Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.

What I like is natural music. It's like I was born with a gift to do something naturally, which I have no choice but to followup on.

The trip had become boring. It wasn't exciting anymore to totally be a singer/songwriter because it wasn't working for me.

Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet.

I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent one. That's what people think an alcoholic is-but an alcoholic is basically just someone who's allergic to alcohol. That's all it means. It's just an allergy.

I thought of collaborating with other people which still might happen at this point. It might not. I was just trying to break the cycle because I had gotten to a point where I was definitely sure that I was on the wrong track after about 16 years.

There's always stress involved in any genre or art form, there's always going to be a struggle. If there's no struggle, you wouldn't do anything. What are you going do? Retire?