“I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that’s a strong character, the stronger the person is.”

I don’t know whether I’ll reach 40. I don’t know whether I’ll reach 35. I can’t be sure about that. I am bloody serious. I am very, very serious. I didn’t think I’d make 30.

I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.

You can’t buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.

Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.

Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with ‘Stairway to Heaven.’

The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.

Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.

I don’t like to tell people what format they can get things in, or say, “I’m only going to release this on vinyl and nothing else. You have to come to my world.” I don’t like to say that to people either. But, I do think there’s a loss of romance.

This week, I’m a gypsy. Maybe next week it’ll be glitter rock.

I bet you can’t play slide piano.

I’m not interested in turning anybody on to anybody that I’m turned on to… if people want to find things, they find them themselves.

There’s such a wealth of arts and styles within the guitar… flamenco, jazz, rock, blues. You name it, it’s there. In the early days my dream was to fuse all those styles. Now composing has become just as important.

The only term I won’t accept is “genius.”

The blues appealed to me, but so did rock. The early rockabilly guitarists like Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore were just as important to me as the blues guitarists.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

Once you believe in yourself and see your soul as divine and precious, you’ll automatically be converted to a being who can create miracles.

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.

No one understands yourself like you, give yourself time, believe in your capabilities & love yourself like you love someone.

You are not happy because you believe everything needs to happen right now but you forget everything happens with perfect timing.  

Be ready for every little thing that’s leading you. It’s all going to take you higher.  

I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed