It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.

Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.

What you aim for, in the first place, is to be as good as you can possibly be. This is what I do, and I'm going to try to be the best in the world.

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.

Aping what you've already done is just so dangerous and unrewarding.

Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do.

The thing about photography is, some people surround themselves with extremely strong subject matter. And unless you're a moron, you're going to get a really strong photograph.