Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy

It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

The magic that you find in surf music, I think, is really timeless. You know, when I was very young, I was in a surf band. Surf music is an instrumental music that still means a lot to me, not in an nostalgic way, but as something that really gets to the heart of the guitar itself.

Discipline is important as long as you're having a good time. What I always did was I did what I enjoyed, and I think that's why I don't have any grey hairs.

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.