You Don't Have To Look A Certain

I'm Sure I Would Have Been Considered A More Significant Artist If I Was A Singer-songwriter. It's Just Not The Way I Roll. I Love Being A Curator And A Musicologist. People Write Me Letters And Thank Me For Turning Them On To Fred Mcdowell And Sippie Wallace, And That's Partly My Job This Time Around.

I Thought I Had To Live That Partying Lifestyle In Order To Be Authentic, But In Fact If You Keep It Up Too Long, All You're Going To Be Is Sloppy Or Dead.

I Don't Know That I'm Unique In That People Relate To My Music, But I Would Hope People Would Say That I'm Honest And That I Do The Best Work I Can Possibly Do Instead Of Coasting.

Ugly Ducklings Don't Turn Into Swans And Glide Off Down The Lake. Whether Your Sunglasses Are On Or Off, You Only See The World You Make.

My Career Is Based On The Slow Build Of An Audience Based On Putting On A Good Show Live And Putting Out A Record Every Couple Of Years. I Was Already Doing Really Well In Terms Of My Goals, To Keep My Fans Coming Back.