I Wish I Could Write

I Have No Problem With Religion, And I Grew Up With A Strong Curiosity About Spiritual Matters, But My Searching Took Me Away From Church And Community Worship To The Internal Journey. Before My Recovery Began, I Found My God In Music And The Arts, With Writers Like Hermann Hesse, And Musicians Like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, And Little Walter.

And I Don't Like Having My Picture Taken. I'm Almost Like An Old African In That Sense. I Think It Steals A Bit Of The Soul.

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

I Admire Eddie Van Halen And Steve Lukather, But They Might Blow Me Away Quite Easily If We Were To Jam Together.

When I Was In Nashville, Tennessee In 1970 With Derek And The Dominoes, I Went Into This Shop And They Had A Rack Of Strats And Teles - All Going For $100.00 Each. I Bought A Handfull And Made Blackie Out Of The Body From One, The Neck From Another, And So On