The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something funky. In the summertime, sometimes there'd be a man sitting on a step, playing an acoustic guitar, playing some kind of folk blues. The seed had been planted.
“Michael is a gift from Allah, and he is taking him back. The world didn't appreciate him.”
“After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.”