I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar.

There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

We moved around so much when I was a kid, the place I call home is New Orleans because at least I can remember the names of some of the streets there.

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.

In all seriousness, it really should be difficult for me to be too strange. After all, a great family raised me.

The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.

I do remember my first purchase: the Partridge Family's 'Greatest Hits.' I got it for $3.99 at a failed chain of pre-Wal-Mart-type stores called Jamesway. God, I'm old.

Listening to a FNM record is like a visit from a mysterious relative who knows more about your family than you did.