So There I Was In Hollywood, Thinking

If You Hand Me A Guitar, I'll Play The Blues. That's The Place I Automatically Go.

But I Did Go To Music Really Early On, Even When I Was 4 Or 5, I Was Responding To Music Probably In Ways Other Kids Were Not.

For Me, The Most Trustworthy Vehicle For Spirituality Had Always Proven To Be Music.

It's Taken Me To Be An Older Guy, An Old Man, To Have An Old Man's Voice. Because I Only Liked Old Men's Voices. As A Kid, I Didn't Like Pip-squeaked Singers.

I Have No Problem With Religion, And I Grew Up With A Strong Curiosity About Spiritual Matters, But My Searching Took Me Away From Church And Community Worship To The Internal Journey. Before My Recovery Began, I Found My God In Music And The Arts, With Writers Like Hermann Hesse, And Musicians Like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, And Little Walter.