The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other - our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That's to help each other, not hurt each other.

I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.

Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It's the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.

Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.

The way people come into your life when you need them, it's wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It's like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.

I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

When I play from my mind I get in trouble.

I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!

Sometimes you get so tired of each day, you wish it was over. But it just goes on and on, like the silent prayers that forever go unanswered." - excerpt from: freefalling

The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority.

I'm not gonna lie, I love the holidays. But Christmas was a lot more fun when you weren't paying for it.

Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time or he'll soon have no job to be on.

What's for dinner is the only question many husbands ask their wives, and the only one to which they care about the answer.

When I was in Nashville, I went to our Macy's and went and tried on all the Hannah Montana stuff. Then I said, 'This is weird, I'm wearing my face.'

Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression; we must always purpose to do more or better than in time past.

I kinda always wanted to be an ant.

We few. We happy few. We band of brothers, for he today That sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother.