Playing guitar is a never-finished journey.

When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album.

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine.

Long as I remember, rain been comin' down; Clouds of mystery fallin', confusion on the ground; Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun; And I wonder, still I wonder: Who will stop the rain?

You evil thing, why do you haunt me?

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

There's a bad moon on the rise.

I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.

Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke

Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer.

I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Your serenity matters to heaven. God's presence encapsulates your life.

I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.

Let's roll for justice, let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth.

If you bury your face in your tear-stained pillow and beg God to please send you your soul mate, may you not slur your words in such a way that they sound like "cell mate."

Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.

If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner.