I guess the solo from 'Achilles Last Stand' is in the same tradition as the solo from 'Stairway to Heaven'...it is on that level to me.

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.

One of the strangest things is the act of creation.You are faced with a blank slate—a page, a canvas, a block of stone or wood, a silent musical instr

How does one say something new and not retell?

There are raw materials undeveloped burning inside you but need a platform to materialize and manifest.

I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

If you create incredible value and information for others that can change their lives - and you always stay focused on that service - the financial success will follow.

To a large extent, whether you suffer depends on how you respond to a given situation.

The most dangerous tendency of the modern world is the way in which bogus theories are given the force of dogma.

Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions.

When the devil drives, needs must.

Every prayer - every thought, every statement, every feeling - is creative.