One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience

True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other

I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, "I tried, I can't do it" and give up and don't try it again; they get too discouraged.

I only get ill when I give up drugs... I don't have a drug problem, I have a police problem.

I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him.

What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in a nice, simple riff, and then drop straight into the feel of it again. We used to play a lot more rhythm stuff. We'd do away with the differences between lead and rhythm guitar. You can't go into a shop and ask for a "lead guitar". You're a guitar player, and you play a guitar.

I'm all for a quiet life. I just didn't get one.