Saying a camera takes nice pictures is like saying a guitar plays nice melodies..

I'm not an actor. I can show up for friends and improvise a little bit, but I'm not an actor..

I didn't not perform..

Eric Clapton is my dream guitarist..

Nothing is 'just' anything with you.

...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is..

Meryl Streep is awesome. I really want to work with Emma Stone; she is adorable. Now I want to work with Octavia Spencer, because I met her and she's….

We are being programmed by mental pygmies..

I am service-centric. I always intend to leave places better than I find them..

Marylata [ Elton] introduced me to Hans Zimmer. Hans tapped me [to] work on songs for DreamWorks' animated features. I arranged Elton John's opening ….

I respect religion and will respect any religion..

I'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years..

I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics..

I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'.

Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing..

Where I came from, no one was a writer..

Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry..

The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw him, Thin Lizzy and the Roll….

Underconfidence breeds underachievement..

As soon as I had a guitar I loved it, and I started playing in every spare moment..

I wanted to learn how to do everything a person could do on a guitar. Of course, that was impossible..