If you have a tone like mine that is recognizable. No matter what I play, when you hear my tone you can tell it's me.

Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it - like, they say "rock". Because the white singers can't sound like James Brown, they call him "soul". They've been doing that for years. That's the prejudice crap.

With "We Are The World," I can't even eat when I watch that on television. If I'm eatin' some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.

In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it's supposed to sound like you - the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.

When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.