I don't go out much to see bands. I prefer to be on stage.

I am pretty embroiled in moving on and moving forward with music.

'Triboluminescence' is actually a scientific world meaning striking something and creating light from dark. I thought it was a great word and that is was a very apt metaphor for making music - or any creative act, really. We all start in the dark and have to create light.

What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

It is not very practical in today’s world when you tour all over the place having a big band.

The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.

There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.