I cook Italian, Thai and Vietnamese, I've always liked to cook.

I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues.

All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy.

Muddy Waters was, like, the king! He had a lot of adopted sons and daughters. I was just happy to be one of them.

Around midnight I heard them shout unfaithful one and I knew right then the axe was gonna fall. It's because of me.

In order to play jazz, you have to be able to play the blues.

I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware and you have to vote. Our lives are political.

I just want people to see what I deem as a war for no reason, but only for greed.

I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody.

Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!

I pulled the Johnny character from the Jamaican Johnny Too Bad thing.

I wear a necklace of hope with pearly beads. When I met you, it broke, and the beads spilled all over the floor, into the gutters.

No matter how many times people try to criticize you, the best revenge is to prove them wrong.

Consider the Circle ~ Ponder on the Perigon

It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.

There is no such thing as a free variable.

Music is the only thing that doesn't hurt when it hits you.

I choose to paint beauty.

I was not a politician.

I think that man is conditioned to violence.

Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I've made that commitment for my life's sake and for the sake of those who love me.