When I Saw Jimi Hendrix I Knew

I Sought My Father In The World Of The Black Musician, Because It Contained Wisdom, Experience, Sadness And Loneliness. I Was Not Ever Interested In The Music Of Boys. From My Youngest Years, I Was Interested In The Music Of Men.

It's Very Difficult To Explain The Effect The First Blues Record I Heard Had On Me, Except To Say That I Recognized It Immediately. It Was As If I Were Being Reintroduced To Something That I Already Knew, Maybe From Another, Earlier Life. For Me There Is Something Primitively Soothing About This Music, And It Went Straight To My Nervous System, Making Me Feel Ten Feet Tall.

Music Became A Healer For Me.

My Original Interests And Intentions In Guitar Playing Were Primarily Created On Quality Of Tone, For Instance, The Way The Instrument Could Be Made To Echo Or Simulate The Human Voice.

In Playing, I Suppose My Greatest Gift Was To Express The Way I Felt Or The Willingness To Express Myself.