In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.

When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.

It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.