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

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

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

I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys.

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

I became stereotyped.

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.