I boil the strings so they stretch.

I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.

I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.

Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that feeling is just about the most important aspect of playing guitar

The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.

It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me. Music education and families are dealing with the economic times, and I wanted to help them. If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.