I want a thousand guitars . . .

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.

I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hard-core bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style and a story to tell.

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.

I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].

You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.

An unfulfilled life makes a hard man.