“And that's life, then: things as they are,
This buzzing of the blue guitar.”

“If to serenade almost to man
Is to miss, by that, things as they are,
Say that it is the serenade
Of a man that plays a blue guitar.”

“The blue guitar
And I are one.”

“If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go.”

“The wind in which the dead leaves blow.
Here I inhale profounder strength
And as I am, I speak and move
And things are as I think they are
And say they are on the blue guitar.”

“One of the things that was crucial for me I got from Rory Gallagher, which was the idea of, like, being a guitar player for life and living it.”

“Isn't it funny
How a bear likes honey?
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
I wonder why he does?”

“Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it.”

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

“My guitar is like my best friend. My guitar can get me through anything. If I can sit down and write an amazing song with my guitar about what's going on in life, then that's the greatest therapy for me.”