It is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention.

I was a kid, 12 or something, when the Partridge Family was big on TV. I liked the curly cord running from the bass to the amps, which were real fancy. That cord looked so cool. I said, 'Wow! I gotta play something like that!'

Play slow and perfect - that’s the way to becoming a virtuoso.

My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar.

I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.

... you watch Jimi Hendrix literally reinvent the instrument. He was playing from somewhere else. He was really a kind of hybrid, and I can't even begin to imagine where he came from

Baby don't wake me, let me take you on an endless journey. We touch and the softest kiss explodes with lust. It's real and you can't deny the heat you feel. And if I die before I wake, baby that's all right.