You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.

I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.

Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical code. If the master was coming, you might sing a hidden warning to the other field hands . . . The blues could warn you what was coming. I could see the blues was about survival.

I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

I don't think it's meant for man to know everything at once.