It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.

Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.

We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'

I love seeing the fans of the music that I make.

Experiences are the seeds out of which wisdom grows.

No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.

I am not the first straight dancer or the last.

We can't have happiness if we cause others unhappiness.

Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God.