Never give up on a good thing, never give up, never give up!

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 greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish.

I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.

Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry.

Of course we've lost so many superstars who've made jazz what it is. We've lost so many musicians who created new things and changed the way we think about music and who took jazz to a new level. So jazz is suffering from that. But we still have a lot of incredible people playing jazz in the world. We have a lot of people leading the way.

I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.