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.

People by themselves can be pretty stupid. People working together can be very powerful.

In the camera business, you won't survive if you don't innovate. In the guitar business you may or may not. The guitars being sold were designed between '48 and '59, Gibson SGs in '61.

I don't see any rock stars playing an electric guitar from some new maker like you see in the acoustic guitar world.

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.

It used to be that I could talk to someone in Texas and nobody would hear about it. Now, the moment I open my mouth it's all over the world. The second I say something, guys in Germany know about it. It's basically a wonderful thing because more information is spread, but you have to keep your mouth shut.

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.