Here comes the new boss Same as the old boss.

He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.

The Who got paid 4000 pounds during those days, but we always smashed our equipment that cost more than 5000 pounds.

Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow.

Respect yourself. Try to remember that not everything in life can be perfect. You will make mistakes. That's inevitable. But you are not ugly. You will only be ugly when you behave in an ugly way.

What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh...Songwriting is best. It's the hardest-finest-tightest. It also requires the most discipline.

Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the critics that the guitar was old hat; I was reminded of the way my father & his clarinets were written off in the late Fifties.