So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.

There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma.

At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a few listenings I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this man's example would be my life's work.