You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other - our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That's to help each other, not hurt each other.

I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.

Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It's the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.

Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.

The way people come into your life when you need them, it's wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It's like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.

I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

When I play from my mind I get in trouble.

I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!

That's how it happens, livin life by the drop.

I grief for the foolishness of my ignorance.

Throw away the servility of imitation, and rise to the manliness of originality.

Some people are attracted to sickness, to the kind of madness where sparks fly off the head, to the incoherence of despair, masked by nervous energy, which winds up looking like bewildered joy.

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

The Go-Go's were like my first babies.

I have to tell you that it's not going to be easy. Take every chance and every opportunity that you can. Don't say 'I can't' or 'I shouldn't' or 'I'm too tired.'

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

I'm not out here to be beefing with nobody.

Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.

Stanley Kubrick was very selective when he went into a close-up. Every director has his taste in a performance, but Stanley would explore a scene to find what was most interesting for him.