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He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, and Jimi loved it. He paid me a huge compliment when he told me that he was thinking of doing something similar himself!

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

Back in those days we thought we could change the world.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

Two old Bachelors were living in one house; One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse.

They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon.

There was an old man with a beard, who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, four larks and a wren have all built their nests in my beard.

I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.

Whoever would have guessed that in the land of cheap sausages and mashed potatoes there could be such a change which would actually bring the French from Paris every weekend to invade Britain en masse to eat great food and drink great wine.

When I interview people, and they give me an immediate answer, they're often not thinking. So I'm silent. I wait. Because they think they have to keep answering. And it's the second train of thought that's the better answer.

Travel is very subjective. What one person loves, another loathes.

Celebrities are nowhere as rich as some people think they are.

It is usually people in the money business, finance, and international trade that are really rich.

In Italy, they add work and life on to food and wine.

You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.

We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops.

There's no question that a vinyl record is a lot nicer than a CD. It's nicer to hold in your hands, you can do more with it.

Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.

It's pathetic to have regrets about fashion. Things to do with my life, yes, I have regrets there.

I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.

I feel sorry for the '90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the '80s.

Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.

After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.

My kids love vinyl, I had to teach them how to put the needle on the records. Now they're worried about scratching the records, but it's incredible!

These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.

The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose.