Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell, but I'm still alive and well.

I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

The best artists are gone now.

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

I think the blues will always be around. People need it.

There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.

T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around.

I think about legacy a lot, hopefully at the end of the day they say I was a good bluesman. That's all I want.

I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician.

When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling; if you don't have that, you're not going to be good at it.

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house

You might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.

Don't try to fix the past, try to build the future.

With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindness

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.

Aromatherapy is extremely useful. If you want to go to sleep at night, and you have an aroma that calms your mind, it will help you sleep.

The wisdom of bridges comes from the fact that they know the both sides, they know the both shores!

I believe that America is the indispensable nation of the world. Just the creation of this nation itself was a miracle.

Beware that the one who reads is the same as the book, the same as what is read, the same as the speaker and the same as what is spoken without being the word.

Those who warned that Gorbachev was being put under too much pressure were wrong.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.