R.I.P. Steve Jobs. I bet you're busy right now revolutionizing and redesigning the afterlife for all of us to enjoy when our time comes

Some of us are going to play faster than others. Hitting the right notes and getting your technique right is so much more important than speed.

I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of playing.

Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot.

There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.

I've always done 'the wrong thing' and had a pretty wonderful time doing it.

It really sucks when music is so perfect you just don't need to hear it anymore.

Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't you want to play guitar?

When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time.

Just as a blues player can play 20 blues songs in a row but find a way to make each one different, ... I always want to find different ways to do something

I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do.

Your character is a reflection of your thoughts.

Always believe everyone because believing might one day be able to save you

He knows so little and knows it so fluently.

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

They always say the hottest love has the coldest end.

I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting.

My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.

The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

I believe it is wrong to give Moscow a rebate on Ukraine sanctions because of Syria.

Yume is a no-nonsense dog. There are many people here, with camcorders running, lights shining and cameras clicking. She is being a guard dog.