I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.

I still tour like a man possessed, because I am.

Music is the great connector.

The spirit of America is all about defiance, and the best music like mine is the freedom soundtrack.

Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.

Isn't my music the last of the real rhythm and blues? Isn't it great? It's because of my musicians, we were weaned on Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, all the founding fathers, the gods of thunder, who invented the foundation and the pulse of the greatest music in the world!

If Barack Obama becomes the president in November again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.