Quotes from Billy Gibbons

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

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

Each guitar has its own character and personality, which can be magnified once the player engages in beatin' it up

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

It doesn't take much to be good, but it takes a lot to be real good.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The blues is life itself.

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

If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time.

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.

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

Turn on, tune up, rock out.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".