It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to get to that point with every choice you make from the phrasing in a tune to the choice of tunes.

You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybody's attention in the same place.

I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was practicing something that siblings do which is follow in their footsteps and die as well.

With all these great (guitar teachers) around here, don't cop their licks, COP THEIR ATTITUDE.

I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job.

I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise.

It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best.