I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.

When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out 'how do I get in the fast lane going that way?'. I'm going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long, tall glass of lager and lime was heaven, and I chose not to remember the nights on which I had sat with a bottle of vodka, a gram of coke and a shotgun, contemplating suicide.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.