“Touring doesn't have to be a harried, cliched way of life.” — Rory Gallagher Quote

Touring doesn't have to be a harried, cliched way of life.

I was just fascinated by the blues.

I have my own stubborn attitude about how I want to play and where I want to go.

As a kid, I loved any guitarists, whether it was Elvis Presley, Lonnie Donegan, Chuck Berry or even the cowboy guitarists like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. The image of the guitar appealed to me.

The first songs I learned were 'It Takes a Worried Man' and Woody Guthrie's 'Grand Coulee Dam,' 'Rock Island Line' - those kind of American folk songs that were probably on the edge of blues. After that was Eddie Cochran and Chuck Berry songs. And then I heard Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Big Bill Broonzy on the radio.

There's a tired notion that the photojournalist has to be disengaged to be able to shoot what he shoots, and that's such a cliched idea of what the experience is. Of course they're engaged, and they're not distanced.

It seems so cliched and obvious, but write the movie you want to see in the theater.

It's very cliched to go, 'You're not punk.' We don't care if we are, and we don't care if we aren't.

It is going to sound cliched, but my husband has been incredibly helpful.

It's difficult to write about poverty in a way that doesn't feel cliched.