'Communication Breakdown' - it was punchy and direct, with a real attitude that was different to other bands going around.

Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.

I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.

I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on 'Reelin' In The Years'.

You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it.

I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly.

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.

The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.

Mental energy is powerful. Direct its strength towards our positive aspirations rather than empowering unsubstantiated fears.

The imitation of Christ is the joyful participation in the sorrows of the world.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

The most important thing for me is the tone, the feeling, the pace. But why I'm doing this is not very clear to me. It's much more of an instinctual thing than an analytical process.

Egypt is coming back - is becoming - is going to become, you know, a center of excellence for the region and maybe for the rest of the world.

There were days when the Church could club men into obedience by preaching Hell to them, but that day has long passed. The world has outgrown it.

One is always enthralled, I think, when a young writer you're just beginning to read and comprehend dies.

Brian seemed to be in a state of confusion. I thought of packing my bags and going home. The squad seemed to me to be rudderless.

Women have plans for themselves, for their children, about their home, the meals. They have a Vision. A man wants to enjoy himself.

I can't, myself, determine what offends another person.