I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.
My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World War and shortly after it. This music I've always known, and it is that music that's most important to me.
I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.