I'm pretty good at letting people do what they are good at, that's why they're experts.

I see money as a reflection of how much impact you're having on the world. I see money as a metaphor in a way.

I change guitars as they come and go. I have one I played for almost a decade, but I've put it away. It was the first McCarty. Now, I'm playing one I grabbed off the line. I've been playing it ever since.

Somebody's going to wake up and their job in life is going to be to make guitars. There are a lot of good, talented people.

There are times when product is more important than people and sometimes the people are more important than the product.

The world is in great need of more music education. When students play music, it allows a part of their artistic mind to express itself, which is very important in helping to balance a child intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally.

Nobody gives twenty-five million dollars to anybody if they're not getting twenty-five million worth out of it. Forget it. It just doesn't happen.