The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.

[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.

You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.

A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.

You don't find a style. A style finds you

The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.

To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.