I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12.

Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy.

Well, one of the best things is workin' with Muddy.

When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.

There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.