If I was an actor, it would be like a part that was me. It has to be real to me. I have to make it mine. I really enjoy taking a song I feel that way about, and sometimes it can take a long time to come up with just the right touch. I think that's really my greatest talent, interpreting.

No one can keep their word. Everyone's in hurry and jumping to the next opportunity. There's something missing.

I didn't have the self-promotion instinct, and I just didn't care about it. I sort of had a "beat" attitude.

Music saved my life a few times because I could play the stuff rednecks loved. They thought I was great and they wondered why I didn't do that all the time.

My playing style is very eccentric and mostly self taught.

In medieval times, artists had patrons that supported them and this is a similar thing, ... We're basically saying, 'Wouldn't you like to be a part of this'

Gibson ES 125 was a real instrument, this was in 1956. I started learning; I had a vision of a sound.