Notes Are Expensive... Spend Them Wisely

When You Heard Jimi Hendrix, You Knew It Was Jimi Hendrix. He Introduced Himself With His Instrument. His Attack To A Guitar Man, Was, Oh, Something Else! You Think Of One Of The Great American Ball Players, Or One Of The Great Fighters Of The World, You Know, That's The Way He Would Attack Any Note On His Guitar.

Nobody Loves Me But My Mother, And She Could Be Jivin' Too.

I Liked Blues From The Time My Mother Used To Take Me To Church. I Started To Listen To Gospel Music, So I Liked That. But I Had An Aunt At That Time, My Mother's Aunt, Who Bought Records By People Like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson And A Few Others.

Charlie Christian Had No More Impact On My Playing Than Django Reinhardt Or Lonnie Johnson. I Just Wanted To Play Like Him. I Wanted To Play Like All Of Them. All Of These People Were Important To Me. I Couldn't Play Like Any Of Them, Though.

I Don't Think Anybody Steals Anything; All Of Us Borrow.