It is a well-known mystery that guitar players suddenly get better once they are dead. Buddy Holly was the first. Stevie Ray Vaughan is known by a lot more people than had ever heard of him when he was alive.

It will be funny in about 10 years.

I have done interviews in the past, and they cut everything out except for the outrageous line, and then they take it out of context.

The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.

Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination.

We never nicked stuff from other bands because that was a no-no because we were all in the same boat. You don't steal from the poor because, let's face it, they're poor. There's no sense in that.

Every generation thinks they are stronger than the generation before it. They think, "It can't happen to me." In the past people have died making that same mistake.