I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I'm gonna blow you both away.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

You can't mastermind everything. You'll go crazy. Just show up and play.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me away from church and community worship to the internal journey. Before my recovery began, I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter.

I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.

I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, 'This is fantastic.'