Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.

The Strat covers the complete spectrum of human emotion .. the tremolo enables you to do anything - you can hit any note known to mankind

Nowadays music is as disposable as a McDonald's wrapper.

I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.

I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.

... by far the most astonishing guitar player ever has got to be Django Reinhardt ... Django was quite superhuman, There's nothing normal about him as a person or a player.

Imagine a 15-year-old kid saying, 'I have two moms - it's cool.' I don't fear that at all.

A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.

I've lived my career backwards - I started off huge and I've got smaller and more personal, and I'm much more comfortable now.

As for theatre, there's ups and downs to everything. Theatre is ephemeral. But that is part of its charm because you can always say the production was better than it was.

I think artists like Justin Bieber really opened up a door for younger artists to be respected in the industry. I really like what he did.

Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid ... research and discussions ... with regard to the doctrine of evolution.

Sometimes people confuse silence as wisdom when in fact it is compromise.

Whenever people eat or drink together, it's communion.

The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.

I'm not pro-life. I'm very emphatically pro-choice.