When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving the guitar different colors in its voices.

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

When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of the means by which it was erected. That is how a musician should work.

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.

My prayer to the Lord every day, is this-I have been a great sinner. I do not deserve Heaven. Let me stay here.

You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind, because I have eternity to rest.

(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.