You know, you don't please everybody.

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand.

I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing.

I was too broke to buy a guitar so I more borrowed guitars from friends.

I don't recall getting a first guitar.

I feel very fortunate to have my ears. I'd share them with everybody but I only have two to go around.

I would say seeing the original Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at the old Fillmore was a pretty powerful influence on me.

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.

Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth.

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .

Some people will ruin a movie for you if they enthuse too much.

Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.

Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time.

The only way to permanently install a new habit is to direct so much energy toward it that the old one slips away like an unwelcome house guest.

What can be hoped for which is not believed?

Consult duty not events.