I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.

Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.

Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music.

My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.

Ringo is one of the world's true humans. The only one out those four guys, who did not have an agenda. Ringo was just into the music.

One thing I can't stand is late kidnappers.

Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.