So There I Was In

At First The Music Almost Repelled Me, It Was So Intense, And This Man Made No Attempt To Sugarcoat What He Was Trying To Say, Or Play. It Was Hard-core, More Than Anything I Had Ever Heard. After A Few Listenings I Realized That, On Some Level, I Had Found The Master, And That Following This Man's Example Would Be My Life's Work.

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.

Like A Fool, I Fell In Love With You, Turned My Whole World Upside Down

The First Guitar I Ever Had Was A Gut-string Spanish Guitar, And I Couldn't Really Get The Hang Of It. I Was Only 13, And I Talked My Grandparents Into Buying It For Me. I Tried And Tried And Tried, But Got Nowhere With It.

I Sought My Father In The World Of The Black Musician, Because It Contained Wisdom, Experience, Sadness And Loneliness. I Was Not Ever Interested In The Music Of Boys. From My Youngest Years, I Was Interested In The Music Of Men.