Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience

There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there's no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody conducting, it's all up to you. It's really jazz__that's the big secret. Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.

What I found about the blues and music, tracing things back, was that nothing came from itself.

What you're looking for is power and force, without volume--an inner power. A way to bring together what everybody in that room is doing and make one sound. So it's not two guitars, piano, bass and drums, it's one thing, it's not five. You're there to create one thing.

I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

Classic of '43. Don't knock it. A Vintage year.