“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.”

“those times i burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. we all burn things we love. i love my guitar”

“It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is sayin' black and white. You can see a black person. But now to get down to the nitty-gritty, it's getting' to be old and young - not the age, but the way of thinking. Old and new, actually... because there's so many even older people that took half their lives to reach a certain point that little kids understand now.”

“I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.”

“Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?”

“I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.”

“When things get too heavy, just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man.”