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

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.

No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity.

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.

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

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

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