I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me.
“JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.”
“I'll just start laying out the melody exactly where I want it to fall. And then I'll go back and fill it out. Whereas, in other pieces I'm really just going a couple bars at a time.”