100 Quotes by Joe Bonamassa

There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do you think I am?' I play blues-rock for a living. It's like a vow of poverty.

A great solo is one that's so frail that it actually teeters on the edge of falling apart, but doesn't.

I've really gotten over pedals. I can't keep up with this craze of boutique pedals that make you sound like everything but your guitar. I can't get my head around it.

I've been lucky and very fortunate over the course of my career, and I try to do something good for people every day.

Whenever I hear my playing, I can't detach from my influences: there's my Jeff Beck, there's the Clapton bit, the Eric Johnson bit, the Birelli Lagrene bit, the Billy Gibbons.

It's nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have any pressure to almost explain it and justify why you did. I just do it because I like to have some fun.

I think what I do really well is that I can 'chameleon' myself into many styles at a very fast pace, sometimes in the same verse of a song.

I'll tell you, what the world doesn't need is another Joe Bonamassa DVD.

I don't have any legato skills; I could never figure out how to roll the notes off.