• "If I woke up tomorrow with no arms, for some strange reason...I guess I'd learn how to play the guitar with my feet. I've seen a guy do it so I know its possible."
• "Playing the blues is what I want to do. I made the decision several years ago, actually, and no matter what happens, I'll be playing music. If I have to play by myself for tips on the street corner, I'll keep doing it."
• "Its weird. I guess you're close to your family when you can just look at one of your sisters and bust out laughing"
• "I would say to any kid whose parents are going through a divorce--and I know this sounds cliche because everyone says it, but its really not your fault."
• "Where I learned was playing with musicians who have been around a long time and who basically kick my butt."
• "I played barefoot the day I found out Luther Allison had died. I was kinda bummed out that day and I went out onstage with a tank top and these leather pants--these crazy leather pants, just barefoot. I think I played one of the best shows I've ever played that night. After that it just seemed so much more natural to play barefoot."
• "That was a dumb idea."
• "I started playing guitar when I was 13. You first pick up a guitar and it feels like, uh, you've got this new attachment on your body. It feels really awkward. It's supposed to be like having a 3^rd arm."
• "Jessica's starting to scare me, she's getting really good on guitar."
• "Getting to open up for people like B.B. King, Aerosmith, Keb Mo and Buddy Guy is flattering just to share the same stage with them."
• "I got to sit in with B.B. King one night. I could have died after that and my life would have been complete."
• "My girlfriend Haylie is really great. Calling her a girlfriend sounds really shallow, like a little fling you have. She's not like that at all...she's like my best friend."
• "My age is not even an issue to me."
• "Man, that was cool."
• "My biggest heroes and influences are probably Prince, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Redding along with B.B. King and Albert Collins."
• "I'm in this for the long haul. I feel like I'm a lifer."

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