I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.

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.

One thing I know the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Being a businessman, you want to invest your time and your heart into growth and a legacy, and sometimes it's about going over there and getting it. But you don't have to lose yourself.

When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you're after.

Black folks never bungie jump. That's too much like lynching for us. I'm gonna let you tie a rope around me and push me off a bridge? You must be out your damn mind.

People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people's home lives, domestic stuff.

Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining.

Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so let's all get wasted and have the time of our lives.

Character refers to dispositions and habits that determine the way that person normally responds to desires, fears, challenges, opportunities, failures and successes.

All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step

The attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.