I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important.

There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!

While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same song, but one that captured the feeling of the original tune.

I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them.

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.