One of the things that was crucial for me I got from Rory Gallagher, which was the idea of, like, being a guitar player for life and living it.

One thing I really hate about people who play both acoustic and electric is if they try to play electric style on an acoustic guitar. You must develop it as a totally different thing.

Hardly a day goes by without me sticking on a Muddy Waters record.

Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them -- and then they leap.

Cooperstown is the greatest place on Earth.

For many people with HIV, finding the right doctor is the most important decision they'll make.

Drawing architecture is a "schizoid" act: it involves reducing the world to a piece of paper.

I'll transform anything as long as it's edible.

I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money.

Why not imagine yourself successful?

Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience.

I find that actors who are wanting to pursue tv or films don't seem to have much interest in classical theatre.

If you need three adjectives to describe something, then you've probably chosen the wrong something.