It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.

If what you're talking about is seeing someone perform, then I'll have to say that in the rhythm-and-blues side of things, seein' Otis Redding live was it, you know?

The song of the blues, the song of the music, was something a lot of people missed out on. They thought they had to swagger a certain way or bark at the mic, and you don't have to do that.

Very old music is, like, 11th century in my mind. That's very old.

Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit.

I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.