In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.

Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?

The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Turn on, tune up, rock out.

Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up

It doesn't take much to be good, but it takes a lot to be real good.

If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.

ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".

Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.

White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

If we pray, we shall prevail.

Only God’s principles and not fame and money can make a person truly free.

Most people don't why they are born or why they die. They have no understanding of the forces in life that pull them and push them to their death and another rebirth in this or another world.

There has never been a slave who did not choose to be a slave. Their choice may be between bondage and death, but the choice is always there.

My favorite word is existentialism. I can't say it and I'm not quite sure what it means.

Concentration is sometimes mistaken for grumpiness.

Life has to end, love doesn't.

If a cat had a halo, it would probably wear it around it's tail. It makes a statement.

Military police is very timely for our army.