That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

Playing live is about going for it .. it's about bringing it ... you should see a bunch of people trying out stuff, actually performing, instead of learning the record and recreating it note for note. I can't play the show the same way every night .. I really need to be in a creative environment, every night or I'll go nuts ... my manager accuses me of singing just long enough to get me to my next guitar solo - which is true.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

You think back to Tele players, and James Burton was the one who started it all. He inspired Roy Nichols (guitar for Merle Haggard & the Strangers), Don Rich (guitar for Buck Owens & the Buckaroos), and guys like that to push the envelope and expand on that sound... I really identify with that kind of thinking ... those guys to me are the reason why any of us do this.

If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal

That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.