Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.

Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.

ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!

When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions. After all that I pretty much knew playing guitar was something I was going to do because I just had to do it. And I did.

Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?