When something is not good, it's bad. Period

Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.

I criticize my own work pretty harshly.

I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.

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.

When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.