I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.

If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.

When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

Yes, it's in my left ear. It's excruciating... I mean, it's the worst thing 'cause it's not... It never... It does go away - it's not true to say that it doesn't but, uhh... It doesn't... The doctors say it won't... It isn't actually going away - you've just gotta suppress... They try to come to terms with what it actually... Why some people fear it - that's the psychology behind it. They know it's there but why is it such a horrible sound? Well, you can say why is a guy scratching at a window with his nails such a horrible sound - I couldn't put up with that! This is worse!

I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off.

Some are skeptical. My mom thought the guitar was going to fizzle out in two weeks, that it was just a fad-and that was in 1958.