You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other.

When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album.

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine.

Long as I remember, rain been comin' down; Clouds of mystery fallin', confusion on the ground; Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun; And I wonder, still I wonder: Who will stop the rain?

Playing guitar is a never-finished journey.

You evil thing, why do you haunt me?

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

There's a bad moon on the rise.

I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.

Husband: a former boyfriend

We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for a moment that we’re not alone.

Love can be as transparent as water!

If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.

Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.

Abstract qualities begin With capitals alway: The True, the Good, the Beautiful- Those are the things that pay!

I love the romantic comedy genre. It's a genre rich with many of the best movies ever made and I try to treat it with the respect that Shakespeare treated it with.

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics, in every bold intention.

All your behavior results from the thoughts that precede it.

Life isn't that simple. Everybody has a dual potential to do good and bad and you're capable of doing both. But as to whether someone is beyond redemption, they're dangerous.