I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players.... male and female.

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. ...both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

I had to learn chord shapes... I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar taste and aspirations and like music as much as you do.

I've never stopped learning.

The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique

I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.

I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.

Civilization is not inherited it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew…

An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair)

There are two options: adapt or die.

The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.

The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.

Games are unquestionably the single most important cultural form of the digital age.

In America, every time we take rebels, whether it's in Iraq or anywhere else, we're arming people. And you know what happens? They end up being worse than the people.

If people let other people alone, people would be better off. It's always people that screw things up for people anyway.

My friend Winnie is a procrastinator. He didn't get his birth mark til he was eight years old.

Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.