It is impossible to feign mastery of an instrument, however skillful the impostor may be.

Electric guitars are an abomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric singer?

I was my own teacher and pupil, in a comradeship so firm and persevering that the most trying incidents of my life served only to strengthen the union.

Every guitarist has a special quality of sound. The best ones will use a good ear, much sensitivity and a thorough knowledge of music to prepare the nuances and colors of sound.

I've had only three wives and three guitars in my life, though I've flirted with others.

It is not so hard to be original, what is hard, is to be original with continuity.

Sometimes one is without the pleasure of playing. But when the silence of the audience is perfect, we recover that.