Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.
From John Fogerty
No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.
And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool.
But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.
Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.
I don't know that all the demons have been beaten, but I'm very, very proud of those songs.
I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten it into my mind that I had small hands, so I was thinking I'd never be able to play a full-scale guitar, but I also felt like I was cheating or cutting corners.
I thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I'd cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing; licks that were simple but had staying power.
I usually destroy unreleased material. It has a way of coming back to haunt you.
I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker.
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