That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.

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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the...

You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the...

I just want to keep doing what I feel.

I just want to keep doing what I feel.

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or...

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or...

I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who...

I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who...

I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.

I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.

Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a...

Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a...

I love being on the road, I love playing.

I love being on the road, I love playing.

If you don't like my fire, Then don't come around Cause I'm gonna burn one...

If you don't like my fire, Then don't come around Cause I'm gonna burn one...

It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It...

It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It...

I refuse to make uninspired music.

I refuse to make uninspired music.

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just...

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just...

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

My head works in music, so there's always music there.

My head works in music, so there's always music there.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones...

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones...

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just...

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just...

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

Empathy is like giving someone a psychological hug.

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting...

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting...