“My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.”
“In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.”
“It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life.”
“It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life.”
“When I played God Bless The Queen, I was wondering if they was gonna dig us, then quite naturally I'd go on and try to get it together.”
“I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.”
“Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.”
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
“The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.”
“I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.”
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”
“The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.”
“You don't have to be singing about love all the time in order to give love to the people. You don't have to keep flashing those words all the time.”
“Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.”
“Music is my religion.”
“Music is a safe kind of high.”
“When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do.”
“I try to use my music to move these people to act.”
“The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.”
“Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.”
“My nature just changes.”
“I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it.”
“I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan.”
“We have time, there's no big rush.”