I Grew Up Playing In

Our Love Will Rule In This Kingdom We Have Made.

I Tried When I Was 13, When My Grandparents Gave Me An Acoustic Guitar, And I Tried For A Year. It Hurt So Much To Play. I Mean, The Fingertips Hurt So Much, I Gave Up.

It's Very Difficult To Explain The Effect The First Blues Record I Heard Had On Me, Except To Say That I Recognized It Immediately. It Was As If I Were Being Reintroduced To Something That I Already Knew, Maybe From Another, Earlier Life. For Me There Is Something Primitively Soothing About This Music, And It Went Straight To My Nervous System, Making Me Feel Ten Feet Tall.

Before You Accuse Me, Take A Look At Yourself.

I Wish I Could Write Easily. I'm One Of Those Guys Who's Visited By The Muse When Things Are Dire.