The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.

Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet?

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Turn on, tune up, rock out.

Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up

It doesn't take much to be good, but it takes a lot to be real good.

If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.

ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".

Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.

White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.

Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly.

May God deliver us from every sinful nature of the soulful flesh.

No knowledge comes from the outside world or an imaginary supernatural paradise.

Positive disintegration is the sublimation of suffering

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.

To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird.

Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.

The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.

Your country is bigger than baseball.

But how can one be warm alone?

Economics is too important to leave to the economists.