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

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

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.

I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.

Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee.

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

I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.