I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.

When something is not good, it's bad. Period

I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.

I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.

Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?