It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old men's voices. As a kid, I didn't like pip-squeaked singers.

For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.

When I was in Nashville, Tennessee in 1970 with Derek and the Dominoes, I went into this shop and they had a rack of Strats and Teles - all going for $100.00 each. I bought a handfull and made Blackie out of the body from one, the neck from another, and so on

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.