There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete….

I grew up being a huge fan of Bruce Lee, and this quote always stuck out to me. He said, "Water can flow, or it can crash. If you put it into a teapo….

For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression..

I was just a very emotional player. I wore my emotions on my sleeve. I pretty much told you how I felt. I didn't mince words, so to speak. If I felt ….

Things that I would say or would like to saw are just easier to sing about and put out there in music..

My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums….

I don't think anything can touch the expressive range of the guitar..

You're gonna know my name by the end of the night..

When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs..

You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy..

I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything..

I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input..

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing..

I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign..

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared..

The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. Its cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. Its not goin….

All I can do is do what I can do, and do what I know how to do. I do what I love to do, and that's pretty much it..

Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven..

When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever ….

I opened up my mind as far as playing music. I was at a Cody Chesnutt concert a few years ago, and a friend introduced me to him. We just started tal….

I don't believe in competition, ain't nobody else like me around.