The best part of touring, still, is touching people's hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.

If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm.

The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.

I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can't ever rest on your laurels.

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.

Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.