I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba.

Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.

There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.

The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.

I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.

KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask.