The Electric Guitar Was Vital In Helping

I'm Free Of Hypochondria-- Although I've Got Everything Else.

What Interested Me About Chuck Berry Was The Way He Could Step Out Of The Rhythm Part With Such Ease, Throwing In A Nice, Simple Riff, And Then Drop Straight Into The Feel Of It Again. We Used To Play A Lot More Rhythm Stuff. We'd Do Away With The Differences Between Lead And Rhythm Guitar. You Can't Go Into A Shop And Ask For A "lead Guitar". You're A Guitar Player, And You Play A Guitar.

There's Just Certain Styles Of Playing That You Do Play In Your Own Way. Maybe It's In The Way Your Fingers Bend, For All I Know. And So Whenever You Pick Up The Guitar It's Not So Much The Sound Of The Instrument Itself, It's Like The Ting That You Add Onto It-the Attitude.

Everybody Thinks You Reach A Certain Age And You're A Grownup, But It's Not True. Nobody Grows Up Until The Day They Croak.

When You Are Growing Up There Are Two Institutional Places That Affect You Most Powerfully: The Church, Which Belongs To God, And The Public Library, Which Belongs To You.