You might not feel like playing pretty all the time. Instead, you might want to play something nasty....you might want to play something out of context with the tune. It might be a note that creates so much tension it becomes unpleasant, but you want it to sound that way.

Guitar gigs were everywhere in the '50s, and I started diddling around so I could keep working. Playing honky-tonk, simple stuff. I took a few gigs with an organ band that put me out front.

The less one remembers about the day before, the more the new day will be unfettered by triviality.

The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.

Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing thats lasting.

I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up.

The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.