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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy.

I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did.

Sometimes you sing songs about the way you want to feel more than the way you actually do feel.

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.

My grandmother would sing in the choir, while my dad - while he was in college - sang and recorded with a quartet. So yeah, it was definitely my dad's Southern side that impacted on me musically.

If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing.

I feel like in every situation in life, I just always end up singing, like, anywhere.

I won't sing if I don't feel it, so there's always so much sadness and so much sentiment behind it all.

I suppose I was waiting until I was old enough to have some sort of experience to sing about. When you're young, it's hard to sing the blues. Nobody believes you.

I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.