“..I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else” – Les Paul – Legendary Guitarist and creator of the Les Paul Guitar

“I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder ” – Eric Clapton / Yardbirds / Blues Breakers /Cream / Blind Faith / Derek and the Dominoes

“Kenny Burrell that’s the sound I’m looking for.” – Jimi Hendrix

“Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues” – B.B. King

“… Elvis Presleys’ first album … had more energy and more enthusiam than any other album at the time – when it was released it just blew everything else out. It changed the whole landscape of music” – Brian Setzer … Continue reading →

“Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can’t get across the room without running into him and the other greats. Analyzing Bach absolutely influenced my jazz playing.” – Howard Roberts – Jazz Guitar

“There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.” -Johann Sebastian Bach

“… everyone was using tiny brushes and doing watercolors, while Jimi Hendrix was painting galactic scenes in Cinemascope. We are working in a field of mystical resonance, sound and vibration… that’s what makes people cry, laugh and feel their hair … Continue reading →

“Music is an outburst of the soul.” -Frederick Deluis

|”… I don’t want you to play me a riff that’s going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play …” – Ozzy Osbourne