100 Quotes by Joe Bonamassa

I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me.

You know who I'd like to open for? This will be a surprise, but I'll tell you who: Iron Maiden.

The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo either becomes either very truncated, very different, or non-existent, because even if you play a clean solo, it's different with the Kryptonite... with the acoustic.

I was thrust into an adult world very quickly, and that can make anyone somewhat socially maladjusted to dealing with people your own age. But I wouldn't trade any of it.

When you go into a situation, and you're honest and straight-up about something, you put all your cards on the table.

At the end of the day, I think having some life experience is helpful to play any kind of music.

Basically, 2011 was the hardest year on the road for me because I did a spring tour and a fall tour plus nine weeks in the summer, and I was pretty worse for wear by the time I got home in December. I know I was only 34, but that was a tough lap.

I used to watch MTV when they played music, and discovered Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Healey.

I've always been a fan of the five-speed transmission - on anything.