The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!

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.

You were born an original work of art. Stay original always. Originals cost more than imitations.

Be obdurately determined to bring your courage to the world.

Injuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.

Nature is simply the opportunity for the artist to express himself.

My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.

Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people.

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

I've been on television saying, "¡Vamos a la biblioteca!". That was great. Nobody had ever asked me.

It is not so much what we know that is important, as what we are and what we do.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.