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

The only new technology that interests me is when it sort of throws me back soundwise. And I can think, "Wow, that means I can go onstage and sound like Scotty Moore now and again!"

To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at 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.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

The big rules of knife fighting are (a) do not try it at home, and (b) the whole point is never, ever use the blade. It is there to distract your opponent. While he stares at the gleaming steel, you kick his balls to kingdom come--he's all yours. Just a tip!

There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.