Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?

The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Turn on, tune up, rock out.

Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up

It doesn't take much to be good, but it takes a lot to be real good.

If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.

ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".

Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.

White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.

Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly.

Doesn't our knowledge of death make life more precious?'What good is a preciousness based on fear and anxiety? It's an anxious quivering thing

Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the business man.

I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning.

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.

My teaching forces me to articulate what I think works in a piece of fiction and how I think it works. All of that gives me energy as a writer.

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.

Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.

I think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80's just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green lipstick.

Busyness makes us stop caring about the things we care about.