“Are you really into pop? Are you really into old country? Blues? If yo...” — Frankie Ballard Quote

“Are you really into pop? Are you really into old country? Blues? If you're not honest about your influences, then things don't sound as real as they can be. They're not as sharp a cheddar cheese as they can be. And I'm trying to be the sharpest cheddar I can be.”

“My dad is a big Outlaw country guy - Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Waylon, Willie. He loves Elvis and turned me onto Elvis. He was always playing me stuff. He and I would sing and entertain the family. We'd have a little skit on Thanksgiving or whatever.”

“Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music.”

“We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.”

“There's a very thin line between rock and funk. Funk is like a dirtier blues, and so is rock. They're close cousins.”