51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good.

I was born and grew up in the Deep South, and I must say it wasn't easy for me. I always marched to a drummer, I had different views about politics and religion and I had them relatively young.

I grew up wanting a guitar, my family was very poor. When I was fourteen my mother bought me a Gibson ES 125 thin body. That was a bunch of money in those days - $125.00.

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end.

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

51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good.

One of the things that benefited me that anyone can learn is classical technique. That shows the orchestra that exists within the instrument.