"When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it."

"Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn."

"We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime."

"I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands."

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

"I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture."

"I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can."

"Football is a sad game."