It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.

A guitar is something you can hold and love and it's never going to bug you. But here's the secret about the guitar - it's defiant. It will never let you conquer it. The more you get involved with it, the more you realize how little you know.

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

I think the most important thing about playing is to walk out with confidence, look the people right in the eye and say 'Here I am,' and go and do your thing. As soon as they know you're confident, they're confident. As long as you adjust to them you're not in trouble. You should eyeball them, find out what they want, and give it to them. They didn't pay to come out and look at the tapestries.

To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any.

No, working is what will keep you alive.