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There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

I'm a big, big blues fan and the last several years I've really invested in the blues a lot, and I think my playing is getting better because of it - not necessarily better on a technical level, but certainly on a level of appropriateness.

Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway.

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.

I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.