“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.”

“I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.”