When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.
I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.
The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes.

