With The New Ways Of Getting Music

Leading A Band And Producing Yourself And Picking Cool Tunes And Putting A Show Together Takes A Lot Of Thought, And A Certain Amount Of Courage. In My Early Twenties, If I Wasn't Getting Good Enough At It, Then People Would Not Come And See Me. Anybody Who Has Lasted This Long - I Hope We Get Better With Age.

I'm Honored When Young People Say They've Gone To School On Slide Guitar With My Records. But People Get Their Influence From My Live Shows And Records And Youtube, Not Me Personally. I Walk Around With A Hat On. People Don't Know It's Me.

I Have Been Really Heartened By How Much Coverage There Has Been About Inequality Of Pay Across The Board, Between The Entertainment Industry And Almost Every Industry Worldwide. And Just The Problem Of Young Women Not Getting An Education, Not Being Able To Have An Equal Position In The Cultures All Around The World.

In 1967 I Entered Harvard As A Freshman, Confident - In The Way That Only 17-year-olds Are - That I Could Change The World. My Major Was African Studies, And My Plan Was To Travel To Tanzania, Where President Julius Nyerere Was Creating A Government Based On Democracy And Socialism.

Elvis Might Have Compromised His Musical Style A Bit Towards The End, But That Doesn't Mean That Artists From The Rock N' Roll/folk-roots Culture - Of Which He Was Not Really A Part - Shouldn't Get Better As They Get Older, Like The Great Jazz Or Blues Artists.