I Can't Make You Love Me, If

One Of The Biggest Obstacles I've Overcome In My Life Was Thinking I Didn't Deserve To Be Successful. Artistically I'm Not As Much Of A Heavyweight As Someone Like Paul Simon Or Joni Mitchell, Because I'm Not A Creator Of Original Music, And I Worried About That For Years.

I'm Honored When Young People Say They've Gone To School On Slide Guitar With My Records. But People Get Their Influence From My Live Shows And Records And Youtube, Not Me Personally. I Walk Around With A Hat On. People Don't Know It's Me.

I Finally Learned To Accept That I Can't Make Radio Play Blues Any More Than I Could Get Reagan Out Of The White House.

Im Happy To Say That At 62, I Think Ive Reached That Point Where Stuff Doesnt Bother Me As Much, And My Gratitude Level Has Gone Way Up, Especially Having Gone Through The Loss That Ive Had, And Losing So Many Of The Great Artists That I Was Close To. They Taught Me How To See It With A Grain Of Salt And A Lot Of Humor And Perspective.

You Don't Have To Look A Certain Way To Have A Hit Record.