You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.

So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.

In them days I just as soon died -- except for my harmonica. It was like a friend who didn't give a damn if I could see or not.

It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master.

If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.

If talk was money, you'd be a millionaire. If thoughts could kill, there'd be no one here.

When you lose everything, you are free. You become a receiver.

Don’t chase people. Be an example. Attract them. Work hard and be yourself. The people who belong in your life will come find you and stay. Just do your thing.

Haydn's hand tightened around the stone as he stared at the ground. "I need to find my sister. To save her. Maybe then I will be wor

I write every morning. From about a quarter to nine to a quarter to one. It might be nine to one, or 8:30 to 12:30.

In the end, you make your reputation and you have your success based upon credibility and being able to provide people who are really hungry for information what they want.

A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.

You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe.

I'm definitely on the incline to a peak.

I've always been able to see you," I say. "It's a rather lovely view.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.