Turn on, tune up, rock out.

Turn on, tune up, rock out.

Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.

Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.

Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.

Having a visual element to your band is a good thing.

I've been touted for my guacamole. I'll stand by my method. People have asked me to come to their home and prepare it. Restaurants have asked me about it.

In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.

It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common.

Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won't vanish, but let's face it, this is seemingly the way of the future.

The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.

The blues is life itself.

The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.

There's not a single genre that is hard to find or hard to get.

They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.

Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.

Water doesn't hurt a vinyl record. Put it into a dishwasher and you're fine.

Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and browse. Maybe browse online, yet that tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life's simple pleasures.

White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.

The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.

Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.

Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women how others perceive us how we perceive ourselves how we live work and raise our families or whether we do these things at all.

Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and that was probably one of the ones that left an opening for it. The song's all right, I wouldn't choose to sing it now.

We must never minimize the suffering of another. Scriptures mandate to us is Weep with them that weep. Romans 1215 KJV

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.

Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.

I went to Coachella once, and it was only to go see Leonard Cohen. I got in the car and sat through all the crazy traffic in L.A. to get there - instead of a two hour drive, it takes, like, six hours. Then I watched his set and turned around and left. I just so wanted to see him perform in the desert.

My whole thing is I just always wanted to be a working actor and I just wanted to stop waiting tables.

I may not believe that "all things happen for a reason." But I do believe that reason may come from all things that happen.

Foreign audiences are used to seeing Mexico in other sorts of movies. 'Casi divas' is a step toward a more commercially successful cinema, without the violence, blood and exaggerations. The movie reflects a more human Mexico, while remaining a chick flick, although it is not a romantic comedy.

When I thought I was retired, I wanted to travel around the world and watch soccer games.

The minute you alter your perception of yourself and your future both you and your future begin to change.

I was sand, I was snow, written on, rewritten, smoothed over.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.

I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.

No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and differences to fit current needs.

It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it.

The new dynamics between brands and consumers, driven by social media, are proving to be a powerful impetus for change.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

My favorite genre is comedy.

What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.

The more you make it easy for your kids, the more your remove the struggle necessary for learning.