There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, I'm playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues - the blues we used to have when we had no money.
I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that definitely rubbed off on me.
The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together.
You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.
So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.'
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.
I still like to play the blues more than anything else.
Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing.
Hearing the blues changed my life.