When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag

Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.

I criticize my own work pretty harshly.

I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness.

Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?

I see someone like John Williams, the classical player, and the amount of discipline and the natural ability that man has is so frightening. That requires so much natural talent. And I think my talent came from just practising, and I feel a bit intimidated when I see players that good.

A lot of blues guitarists play with only three fingers, and they can't figure out certain runs that require the use of their little fingers. Classical training is good for that.