"When you understand that secret and leave yourself open, it can happen to you too. I go to that same 'head space' for both my art and my music."

Dennis Loren: The Art of Freedom…

"Blues means to me first of all my black ancestors which is the music that they played at the cotton fields. A lot of that music had to do with everyday things."

Shuggie Otis: The Prince on throne…

"I hope that my photographs convey a sense of the person in a way that can add to the viewer’s enjoyment of the artist’s work. I never want my vision to overwhelm the subject."

Michael Romanos: Black and White Fantasia…

"Most of the artists were part of the hippie movement of the time; the underground culture was really a bunch of young kids who'd run away from home. And, they also wanted to rebel against the rules of design and art."

Bob Masse: Rockin the Art Nouveau …

"The image offers many things to do with emotions. Image offers humor, irony. It offers me a possibility to chronicle a combination of my eye and my emotion."

Jerry Schatzberg: Poetic Images…

"Blues music expresses our deepest feelings which can be complete joy or utter disappointment and sadness."

Alice Stuart: An American treasure…

"Follow your dreams and put your heart and soul into it because you're only going to get out of something what you craft-fully put in it..."

Mark Farner: The Captain of Free Spirit

Mark Fredrick Farner was born in Flint,…

"The music business hasn’t changed much.  Manager’s still look for artists for a free ride."

Jim Armstrong: Blues straight from the heart

Armstrong's musical career started while he…

 The Grande Mothers Re: Invented Incredible Drummer

Christopher Garcia is one of those musicians who always seems to be on stage when amazing things are happening. I'm not sure he knows how many different groups he's currently playing in, but it's a lot. In addition to teaching all over the…