In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.

Water doesn't hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you're fine.

Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.

Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.

My discussion with Keith Richards about the creative process led me to believe that there's an invisible presence of a stream of ever-flowing creativity that we overhear-all you have to do is pull up the antenna and dial it in. This presence allows you to maintain your sense of origin and move forward.

It doesn't take much to be good, but it takes a lot to be real good.

Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up