I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.

The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.

Once you start copying other people's licks, you begin thinking they're yours. Doing that's just an easy way out.

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

Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.