George Harrison was a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous guitarist, and a wonderful example of what a rock star should be. I totally revered him as an innovator. He was always fresh, daring, magnificently melodic, full of spiritual quality, and totally conscious of the chord structure beneath the solo. And he had the courage to play simple. He never took refuge in effects, or tried to impress with speed. I hope he knew how much we all loved and respected him.

I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.

The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.

I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal

There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.

I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

Amazing uke playing to be relished.