I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.

The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.

I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.

I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.

I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.

When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.

I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.

Die Welt ist von Narren geschaffen, damit Weise in ihr Leben.

If we wish for peace, we must pray for one another.

Life: composted lessons for our hearts to blossom into our souls.

Domestic abusers and the abused need to develop healthy support systems...

Many punishments sometimes, and in some cases, as much discredit a prince as many funerals a physician.

The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.

Behind the screen of the ballot, the real holders of power ... are the great industrial and monetary monopolies who own our national economic life.

If we're really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what's causing us to do what we do.

I'm disappointed about how my career ended.

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.