Some People Are Caricatures Of Themselves, And

I Would Rather Feel Things In Extreme Than Not At All.

We Did A Two Month Tour With Taj Mahal That Was Really Healing And Cathartic And A Good Distraction After My Brother Passed Away. Then I Knew I Wanted To Take A Year Off, And It Was Really Nice To Have That Chance To Fall Apart.

I'm Certain That It Was An Incredible Gift For Me To Not Only Be Friends With Some Of The Greatest Blues People Who've Ever Lived, But To Learn How They Played, How They Sang, How They Lived Their Lives, Ran Their Marriages, And Talked To Their Kids.

Whatever Role We Were In Our Family Of Birth, We Take On This Persona And In Your 20s And 30s In Particular, You End Up Thinking That's You And That Isn't Necessarily You.

I Didn't Have To Be A Pop Singer With A Certain Look. When I Started, There Was Really A Revolution In Natural Artists With Blues And Folk Artists Crossing Over; Otherwise, I Wouldn't Have Been Able To Get Started.