I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

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.

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Family is the greatest treasure.

Between the poles of the conscious and the unconscious, there has the mind made a swing:Thereon hang all beings and all worlds, and that swing never ceases its sway. (pg. 16)

A sharp decline in actual deprivation may, paradoxically, have been accompanied by an ongoing and even escalating sense of fear of deprivation.

It really is disgusting when a guy in a ball cap with a high school education is the one asking the tough questions.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis.

Beware the meek ... for we shall attempt to inherit the Earth.

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

Formula to live your dream: 1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions.