A little over 25 years ago I hitch hiked a lot, Florida to Kentucky and Kentucky to Florida and to Nashville where I signed about 17 of my best songs to a publisher I haven't heard from since (watch yourself when signing anything)
Anyway, I was playing with some guys in Florida in a band called Crossfire (southern rock) and a band in Kentucky called Kajun. I hitched back to Kentucky and one of the guys said "You know, I'm gonna call you Breeze 'cause you come in, make everybody feel good then your gone again!" To cement the name, I went back to Florida without saying anything about the name and one of the guys said "Well, if it ain't the Breeze" in reference to the Skynyrd song. One of our fans made a shirt for me with the name on it and the name stuck. A lot of the female fans called me Breezy instead of Breeze so that's where it came from.

I played live for years (played dead a few times too) but I quit drinking about 6 years ago so I don't go to bars anymore.

Well that's a sticky subject. Artist' have complained a lot about losing rights to their music to the big guys and the net seemed like a good alternative but, you can get sacked on the net unless you are very careful.
A lot of the "free" sites where you can put up your music have lawyer written terms of service most people don't understand, that can give all your rights away, letting the website owners or whoever they sell to down the road do anything with your songs. Sell them on compilation cd's etc without the artist getting a dime. A lot of the free sites want what they say is half of the profits from selling the mp3s when actually you have to pay whoever collects the money and the sites are making loads of money on advertising on the pages where people are listening to your samples. It's tricky, so make sure you read terms of service anywhere you post a song.

That's a tough one. I wouldn't want to give the rights away to my stuff but, if the money was right...I don't want to paint houses the rest of my life. I like painting, but these old bones... LoL! :-)

Too many to list but the most memories were from the Crossfire Band (southern rock) in Florida and Bustin' Loose (country rock, variety) in Kentucky.

Everybody, Dad always singing (Rattle snakin' daddy) and Mom always hummin', Southern Gospel, Tootsie Roberts (made me love harmonies), Ronnie Morgan, Dr. JD Roberts Apple Tree song made me want to write, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Johnny Cash, Merl Haggard, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Muddy Waters, Elvis, Beatles, Rush, Triumph, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Michael Kaden, Jan Hammer, the Osmonds (shh), Allen Jackson, Michael Jackson, Ted Nugent, Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie J Malmsteen, Pat Metheny, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Kansas, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, Arlo Guthrie, Brooke Benton, Vern Gosdin, Diamond Rio, Linkin Park, Evanesence, Sly and the Family Stone, Eagles, Alabama, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Ricky Skaggs, Albert Lee, George Strait, Conway Twitty, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Guns and Roses, Outlaws, Grinder Switch, Blackfoot, Charlie Daniels, Molly Hatchet, Allman Brothers, Waylon and Willie, Everybody!

Anywhere my friends and family are. (sucking up here!)

Sonar 4 Producer Edition, FL Studio, Roland GR-20 guitar synth on a Fender guitar, a Midi-man Oxygen8 Keyboard, an old version of Project5, Emulator X and various soft synths.

Just remember that God gives us good days, it's people that make 'em bad.