I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.

I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.

I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.

I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best.

The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.

I didn't sit down and work out other people's material; I've never believed in that.

I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.