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

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.

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.

I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.

If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.

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