My first wife said, 'It's either thatguitar or me, ' you know -- and I giveyou three guesses which one went.

Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.

The Strat covers the complete spectrum of human emotion .. the tremolo enables you to do anything - you can hit any note known to mankind

Nowadays music is as disposable as a McDonald's wrapper.

I've never stuck around long enough to know if anyone would miss me. That's rock 'n' roll, though. Here today, gone tomorrow.

My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.

I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.

Love is like a bullet in the flesh. It simply Burns.

The mind is a wild thing. An adventurer.

Children will often rise or fall accordingto the expectations of loved ones in their lives.

Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

I could not, as my father's daughter, remain indifferent to all that was going on.

The highest, the only reality, is ever at hand, but for the most part invisible. Genius makes it visible.

It's made me want to find a hole in the world, in the shape of me, and just fill it up

I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.

If Martin Luther King were here he'd be very surprised at some of the sugar-coated versions of American history presented today.

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.