Give Me A Guitar And I'll Play;

Risk Is Trying To Control Something You Are Powerless Over.

I Know There Will Be No More Tears In Heaven.

The Music Scene As I Look At It Today Is A Little Different From When I Was Growing Up. The Percentages Are Roughly The Same - 95 Percent Rubbish, 5 Percent Pure.

My Identity Shifted When I Got Into Recovery. That's Who I Am Now, And It Actually Gives Me Greater Pleasure To Have That Identity Than To Be A Musician Or Anything Else, Because It Keeps Me In A Manageable Size. When I'm Down On The Ground With My Disease-which I'm Happy To Have-it Gets Me In Tune. It Gives Me A Spiritual Anchor. Don't Ask Me To Explain.

My Definition Of Blues Is That It's A Musical Form Which Is Very Disciplined And Structured Coupled With A State Of Mind, And You Can Have Either Of Those Things But It's The Two Together That Make It What It Is. And You Need To Be A Student For One, And A Human Being For The Other, But Those Things Alone Don't Do It.