Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.

The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him.

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

He's the trumpet player's trumpet player,

I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million.

Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.