I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.

The Strat covers the complete spectrum of human emotion .. the tremolo enables you to do anything - you can hit any note known to mankind

Nowadays music is as disposable as a McDonald's wrapper.

I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.

I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.

When I am in nature, my heart dances with butterflies and sings along with flowers.

My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband.-Penelope Featherington

The main benefit of innovation for your organization is not competitive advantage. It is survival.

Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.

Have you something to do to-morrow; do it to-day.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.

Arnie, you're going to have to buy a bigger jet.

There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes.

I wish I could say someone taught me my mental toughness, it would have been a lot less painful.