I may yet move [from Nashville], and where would I move if not Texas or New Mexico? I couldn't afford a home in California. I need to travel out of there occasionally.

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

My playing style is very eccentric and mostly self taught.

I give NFL quarterbacks a lot of leeway for a couple of years.

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.

There are a lot of guys kind of on the bubble that can either be that sort who turn into journeyman kind of guys that will find a new spot or guys that can make a claim to be in one place for a long time. You can name a lot of names this year, an unusual number. And I think that most of them will be OK.

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