When I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

I thought, 'My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.'

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

I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated.

Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.