Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.

A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I'm very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I've never been a sex symbol. I'm spared the embarrassment of acting young.

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.

There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.

There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.