My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

If you're going to get into music, you've got to learn the 12-bar blues.

I was rooming with Jimmy Bowen at the time, doing some gigs, then I went back to New Orleans and played there in '62.

That rich guy you've been seeing, must have put you down. Welcome back baby, to the poor side of town.

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.