I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man!

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.

It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.

It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.

I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest and to try and honor God and be an encouragement to others. What the future holds is firmly in God's hands, and I am very happy about that!

If you want to capitulate to what commercial needs are, you can always be commercially valuable, but I'm not interested in being that.

I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.