I'm over 30 now, but I didn't expect to be here.

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.

The casualty of war is our disappearing humanity.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

Be good to feel good and to attract good.

I didn't want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion.

Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

It's just hard," Harry said finally, in a low voice, "to realize he won't write me again

I loved Alex so much that it was easier to let him hurt me than to watch him hurt himself.

Books and teachers are always "right", and we learn only from them, not from any other resource in the room, such as our friends.

I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.

My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I dont, I learn from the match and move on.