If I could sing, I wouldnt be a guitarist.

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.

The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.

I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players.

I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.

I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.

I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.

When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.

This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen.

Vast skies in the Australian desertwaves that don't movewe slide surf glide like condors

Work hard. "Suit yourself, then you'll know at least one person is pleased.

I didn't belong as a kid and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset then my early life would have been much easier.

I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.

America has so much debt, if she were a person she'd need a co-signer to get a car loan.

I've spent hundreds of hours working over words, and part of me, a large part of me, has a desire to do something else.

History says that progress often requires sacrifice, but what kind of progress can we claim when it is built on the lives of the citizens it is supposed to aid?

It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument.

It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.