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I don't care how famous a guitarist is, he ain't learned everything. There's always somewhere to go, something to mash up, but he ain't found it yet. You never learn everything on that guitar neck.

I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.

Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone's got their own character, and that's the thing that's amazed me about guitar playing since the day I first picked it up. Everyone's approach to what can come out of six strings is different from another person, but it's all valid.

Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it.

I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.

But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me.

I tried the guitar, but it had two strings too many. It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players, another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

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

It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

When Tom Morello picks up the guitar, I'm sure what he sees is totally different from what I do, but I love the way he plays.