You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.

I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not aligned with any recognized religion. For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. It cannot be manipulated, or politicized, and when it is, that becomes immediately obvious.

You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.

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.

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.

I'm an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.

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.