When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible.

Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain.

Listening to as many guitar solos as possible is the best method for someone in the early stages. But saxophone solos can be helpful. They're interesting because they are all single notes, and therefore can be repeated on the guitar. If you can copy a sax solo you're playing very well, because the average saxophonist can play much better than the average guitarist.

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.

I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.