The first time I heard Paul McCartney singing "Yesterday" I wanted to sing...
The first time I heard Johnny Winter play "It's My Own Fault" I wanted to play guitar...

I was quite young then, preteen and wide eyed with amazement.

My dad bought me a $25 guitar when I was 10yrs old and signed me up for guitar lessons. I drove the teacher crazy... He'd give me an exercise and I'd come back with an arrangement.
And so it goes...time passed and things happened...

I began to pursue songwriting at the ripe old age of 36 and here I am years later still studying the craft.

The most important thing I ever heard was from an interview with Merle Haggard when he said there are two things to remember when writing a song.... It has to have a beginning, middle and end....
he went on to say it helps to write as though you were speaking...

Those are the cornerstones to my songwriting. I hope they bring honor to those who taught me so well