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

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.

... by far the most astonishing guitar player ever has got to be Django Reinhardt ... Django was quite superhuman, There's nothing normal about him as a person or a player.

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.

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.

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.