Steve Miller on growing up in Milwaukee, lessons from Les Paul, inspiring Eminem and more

After I went to the University of Wisconsin (in Madison) … My parents said, “What are you going to do?” And I said, “Well, you know, I want to go to Chicago and play blues.” And my mother said to me, “That’s a great idea. … Why don’t you see if you can make it? You know, you’re young, you don’t have many responsibilities. Why don’t you go?” And she gave me a $100 bill and told me to leave the next day. And I did. And that was the greatest. …