For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts, it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cos I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.

I just can't stand jazz/rock. I think it's the worst thing that's come down the river yet.

Like I said, basically I'm a rocker. That's about it. Things that I've done away from that-branches that I've gotten into off of that - are just other streams, other things that I can do.

I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.

Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.

Everybody's got their own particular vision which is a personal thing.

You have to understand a bit about the poetry of the blues to know where the references are coming from.