I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.

I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.

The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter how many notes you play, you can't let them forget what the song is.

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.

Never give up on a good thing, never give up, never give up!

The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.

Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing thats lasting.

The less one remembers about the day before, the more the new day will be unfettered by triviality.

The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish.

Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry.

The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.

If you were stranded in the ocean in a small boat with a paddle, I’d tell you to pray to God, but row for the shore!

Wouldn't the worst be, isn't the worst, in truth, that women aren't castrated, that they have only to stop listening to the Sirens (for the Sirens were men) for history to change its meaning?

'Star Wars' was, I mean, it was the first time I remember seeing three movies that all kind of went together. It was just an amazing final understanding of what a trilogy was.

That's where the money is, on the road.

If you care too much about what other people think, you will always be their prisoner. Lao Tzu

Sanzo to Gojyo: And give me my gun back. I don't want your idiocy getting all over it.

There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.

I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

Discipline is a choice. It's simply consistently choosing the hard right over the easy wrong.

I dont believe in having regrets.