An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.
I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together.
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.
In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don't realize how much I love you.
But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him.
For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
Music became a healer for me.
Lately I've been running on faith.
I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not aligned with any recognized religion. For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. It cannot be manipulated, or politicized, and when it is, that becomes immediately obvious.
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.
I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven I must be strong, and carry on Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Would you hold my hand If I saw you in heaven Would you help me stand If I saw you in heaven I'll find my way, through night and day Cause I know I just can't stay Here in heaven
And I don't like having my picture taken. I'm almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.
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