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.

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.

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

Everybody was tellin' me that I had to do something different, and I kind of agreed that I did need to vary it a little bit. I still love some rock 'n' roll too.

Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

Nothing is discussed more and practiced less than prayer.

All skills are learnable.

Sane, normal people don't need power trips. So the lunatics end up in charge of everything.

I tried to control the narrative.

My grandfather was a faith healer and medium and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers.

Rights of true citizenship accrue only to those who serve the State to which they belong.

Friendship requires a leap, not of faith but of regard.

The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.

It's people seeking more for themselves that has produced a better life for all Americans.