Frank O'Hara: there is no time left to be serious.

Jimi Hendrix who put poetry and saxophone and America into the guitar, carried it around, and showed it to us.

Frank Zappa for showing me how to be an artist.

Bob Dylan who gave use words above and beside Chuck Berry. The Originator of Punk-Funk.

Harvey Mandel who demonstrated what sustain is good for.

If Roy Buchanan wouldn't play it, it probably isn't worth playing.

Peter Green, the best for tone and silence.

Michael Bloomfield. American music.

John Lee Hooker: one chord and the truth.

Albert Collins, the Master of the Telecaster.

Television. Punk doesn't  mean stupid.