I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.
Les Pauls work out real well for me because I'll beat the hell out of them and they'll still work. The only trouble with them is finding good ones.
It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords.
It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time.
If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for.
If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write.
I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons.
I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.
I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.
I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.
I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about.
I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.
Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're a joke, because there are too many mercenaries out there already.
I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there.
I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of.