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 aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.
People just loved the sound because I kept it simple.
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've got holes in my guitar.
I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.