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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.