The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown.

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.

I'll just tell you the way it is. You ask me what time it is and I'm gonna tell you how to build a clock.

My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string is a 14 gauge.

I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.

I always felt people should live with animals.

Every song is like a painting.