All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.

Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.

I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.

I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on 'Reelin' In The Years'.

You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it.

I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly.

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.

The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.

it ain't as hard as picking cotton

Maybe the thing that we’re losing is the very thing that has caused us to lose everything else in the first place.

Love yourself and the beauty of your uniqueness.

I'm very analytical, I'm very precise.

Words make love with one another.

I don't care how they think of it. Some of these people are acquiring some very good pictures by a lot of different photographers.

Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!

First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead.