"When I was playing my best, I didn't play as well as Johnny does.  I know some things, which I've shown him, but I actually try to learn from him, and it ain't easy because it all goes by so fast.  There's just ... there's no other word than brilliant."
  - David Bromberg

"A very professional-sounding player."
  - B.B. King

"Johnny is a world-class guitarist."
  - Don Was

"Very subtle and tasteful playing"
  -  Amy Grant