I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.

I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band

If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for.

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them