Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and you love music, then play and play and play until you get to where you want to get. If you can pay the rent, great. If you can’t, then you’d better be having fun.
If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you’ll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you’ll get to where you want to be.
If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
It’s Always about the music, never about anything else.
Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them.
A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.
I have selective hearing.