I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

It's up in the air, ... But in my mind, it's up in the air for every artist. Who knows, really, if they are going to record another record?

For the blues singer, the world is his text... like any artist, the blues singer has the task of bringing order out of chaos.

I spent seven months in Africa and came back saying there isn't anything you can say about black people that you couldn't say about, say, pink people except that they're black.

Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.