I think rock records tend to be very expensive.

You don't want to be so far off the planet that you come out with something that doesn't make sense to anybody.

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

I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.

I think rock records tend to be very expensive.

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.

Ive also just come off a year and a half playing acoustic shows which is fantastic for the hands, and changes your head a little bit.