Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer.

I almost had to have my leg amputated because of an infection.

When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and talk to the people afterwards.

I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me.

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

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

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.