Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive

This guitar is such a pal. It's a psychiatrist. It's a doggone bartender. It's a housewife. This guy is everything. Whenever I find that I've got a problem, I'll go pick my guitar up and play. It's the greatest pal in the whole world.

The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.

..I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else

I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker.

One minute we're over here, the next minute we're doing something completely different. But it's interesting because you are producing so many things you couldn't do with analog.

I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message.