People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart.

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.

True beauty is a warm heart, a kind soul, and an attentive ear.

Innovation is a progress, and progress in simplicity.

Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.

The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.

I want to be pure in heart -- but I like to wear my purple dress.

Exhale . . . and give all worries to God and the angels.

As a model, you're such a gypsy, so that 'home' element is kind of taken from you.

It's much easier to make jokes about not having kids.

The history of all the world tells us that immoral means will ever intercept good ends.

When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.