The Big Band Era is my era. People say, 'Where did you get your style from?' I did the Big Band Era on guitar. That's the best way I could explain it.

He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.

My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.

Science and religion are both the same thing. They're there; they're life. If it's not science, it's not a fact.

Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.