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" Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime. "

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" What I've learned in my life, it's a very interesting social study for me, to go back and forth between being the guy at home and being the guy on the road and being the guy in studio and being the guy in the interview. The environment around you has so much to do with your character, and when I'm home, my character really changes quite a bit. "

" I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare. "

" I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know. "

" I don't have anybody telling me what to do. "

" I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, 'We're full.' "

" I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am. "

" Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing. "

" Trying to impress my mother with words was one of my favourite pursuits. "

" I may have taken someone through the wringer psychologically, but I've never been sinister. "

" I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?' "

" I hate being the heartbreaker. Hate it. If I date somebody and it doesn't work out, it's another nightmare for me. "

" I've realized you can use a fork as a spoon if you use it rapidly enough. "

" It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you. "

" Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix. "

" My hits are not hits. "

" I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep. "

" I've learned to appreciate everything that has been given to me. "

" No matter what I do, I'm going to earn it. "

" You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy. "

" I'm very happy in all aspects of my life. "

" I lost my head for a little while. "

" If you get half a million, at a certain stage you probably will get 4 million people, if they are able to hear it. The touring thing is unbelievable. It really is amazing from what we did the last tour even to what we are doing now. "

" The night I was recognized for 'Daughters' at the Grammys was the night this record started. I knew I had bought the time to learn everything I needed before I started this one. 'Continuum' is not a shot in the dark, it's not a guesstimation. "

" People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them. "

" My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say hello to you,' and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, 'Not for me, Bub. I don't want anything to do with you.' "

" I'm not an icon. Not even in America. "

" You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor. "

" Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons? "

" I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it. "

" I'd like to think the best of me was still hiding up in my sleeve. "