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.

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

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

I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.

Im better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created.

More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.