Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they're going to capture my sound with all kinds of tricks. But they limited the sound and never allowed me to play how I felt.

I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards.

My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk.

Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is.

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.

I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.

I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head.