There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there's no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody conducting, it's all up to you. It's really jazz__that's the big secret. Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.

I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.

You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.

I don't know if people in New York recognize me or not. I'm not really conscious of it. If somebody stops me, then I suddenly realize that people are looking at me, but other times they may be doing it and I don't even know because I'm engrossed in something else.

Poison's not bad. It's a matter of how much.

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

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.