I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

The Yardbirds came in to the Crawdaddy Club a week after the Stones finished their Sunday night residency. They had done it for almost a year, I think, and then we did it for a year. It was better when they were playing there because when they went they took half the crowd with them and it took us quite a while to build up our own following.

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.

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

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

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