My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on 'Reelin' In The Years'.

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.

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.

So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.

Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is a little lost pup with his tail tucked in!

All the knowledge is in the connections

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

We need to reevaluate that women who ask for a pay raise or ask for a promotion - it's actually an okay thing.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

When love and compassion fills your heart, you find newness in every moment, and life becomes a celebration.

Defend yourselves! If people don't defend their rights, they lose them.

Whenever someone wonders how I could have written 57 books, I remind them that Isaac Asimov wrote 500 books.

You're actually using your brain. That's what comes from associating with me.

I mean, when I think about it, what's more important? Clothes - or the miracle of new life?