I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. ...both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players.... male and female.

I had to learn chord shapes... I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar taste and aspirations and like music as much as you do.

I've never stopped learning.

The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique

I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.

I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.

What I've always lacked is a really strong band to back me up.

It is the power of questions that embolden us and keep us as expectant children, all the while developing the power of human consciousness.

I Would Force Myself Edge Of The Life, To Know Its Really Worthy Being Alive.

Dearly beloved – dearly revered – dearly discovered – dearly feared – all present – all powerful – all knowing – all from the taste of tea.

I'm a romantic.

Work hard. Do good. Be incredible!

A disciple is a disciple maker.

Bruno Mars is pretty fashionable. Gary Clarck Junior, who was also in our ad with Jimmy Page, is a super super stylish guy.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

Look at what people are trying to conceal, and you’ll see that they’re revealing everything.