"Terms of My Surrender is further demonstration of this because it's blues-orientated, and the blues by this stage is definitely age-appropriate. Hiatt is in his early `60s, and it's a much more suitable medium for him than "young people's popular music". He sings most of the songs in a lower register than usual, and does so well. This record does not lack authenticity - as Keith Richards has said, blues is not learnt in a monastery, and Hiatt has certainly lived. Plus it's not as if Hiatt has suddenly jumped on the blues bandwagon - his music has always had an element of something southern about it".