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

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.

I was just getting tired of the image bullshit...that man of mystery trip and what have you. What's that all about?

Common one, my illuminated one, oh my high in the art of suffering. Take a walk with me.

You are who you are. It doesn't make any point to go out and buy the Top 40 albums to see what those acts are doing. There's no point in hearing what's going on. The only thing that's going on is what's been going forever. It's just that some people dig that bag and some people dig the other bag.

It's the emotion...each word has got a connotation and symbolism and the thing is finding what's behind the word-what meaning it has and what emotion. I'm really into vocal repetition as a definite art form.

Let your soul and spirit fly.