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I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.

I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also will use any gadget or device that I find that helps me achieve the sort of sound on the guitar that I want to get.

You don't have to play a whole lot of guitar to be a good blues player. Some people plays too much guitar. Stack it on top of each other the way it don't - you're working too fast. Blues not supposed to be played fast. Blues supposed to be played slow. You could kill a man with just one chord.

I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so.

As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It's not a style that's difficult to pick up. It's purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with.

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

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