If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?

The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of horn players out of work.

You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern.

I can sustain the impetus over the long tours we do is by feeding off the energy that we get back from an audience. That's my fuel. All i've got is this burning energy, especially when i've got a guitar in my hands.

I've got nothing against daylight. I don't live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.

I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused.

If you're gonna get wasted, get wasted elegantly.