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I'm An Egomaniac With An Inferiority Complex.

When All The Original Blues Guys Are Gone, You Start To Realize That Someone Has To Tend To The Tradition. I Recognize That I Have Some Responsibility To Keep The Music Alive, And It's A Pretty Honorable Position To Be In.

It Is Painful To Relive Things That Have Caused Emotional Crises Or Whatever And Find Ways To Express That Musically.

But I Did Go To Music Really Early On, Even When I Was 4 Or 5, I Was Responding To Music Probably In Ways Other Kids Were Not.

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.