I learned a lot about lead; you don't have to blow your cookies in the first bar. It is much harder to be simple that to be complicated during solos.

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.

I'd rather work than not.

I used to listen a lot to Rolling Stones records and play along with them when I was first starting. It's a good way to learn, jamming around basic music.

I learned a lot about lead; you don't have to blow your cookies in the first bar. It is much harder to be simple that to be complicated during solos.

When I got to LA and was with the James Gang, I got the opportunity to write a lot, to play in front of large audiences, make some money.

Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.