Blues Musicians Don't Retire. They Drop.

I Was Denied A Record Contract For 15 Years, So I'm Not Going To Be Too Picky About What I Do. I Don't Have The Juice To Say No Too Many Times.

I Love What I'm Doing. And The World Is So Mad At Everybody. If I Do Something To Make People Smile, I'm Going To Say, I Got You. For That Moment, If It Don't Last, I Made You Forget About The Other Thing You Might Have Been Thinking About.

I Didn't Look Up And Say, "oh, Man, If I Learn How To Play A Guitar I Could Make Not Much Money, But I'd Make A Decent Living Like Eric Clapton Or Somebody." There Wasn't Nothing Like That Out There.

Once I Was Checking To Hotel And A Couple Saw My Ring With Blues On It. They Said, 'you Play Blues. That Music Is So Sad.' I Gave Them Tickets To The Show, And They Came Up Afterwards And Said, 'you Didn't Play One Sad Song.'

I'm Going Through A Divorce Now. This Is The Second One, And Like Baseball, I'm Not Gonna Get Three Strikes. I've Been Living By Myself For Five Years And I'm Very Comfortable. I Can Play My Guitar When I Want To.