Your mother’s heartbeat is the first sound you ever hear and your own heartbeat is the last.

If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.

I’m beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.

When things are going well, I hate to quit.

The use of rock, folk, or pop music serves a purpose. It gets people into the church. But an inexperienced guitar player who doesn't have much to say, for example, can make me wish to leave the church immediately, whereas one great jazz or classical guitarist can confirm that I will have a spiritual experience in the church.

I never wanted this kind of life that Im still living.

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.