My children hate me being such a big star. It's very hard for them to have a father who is always in the public eye.

I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.

There's nothing I'm embarrassed about

To my mind Keep Yourself Alive was never really satisfactory. Never had that magic that it should have had.

I have to build my own boat this time. It's a big sea out there, and I have a pretty small boat. I have a lot of belief in it.

There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat.

My mum says I wanted to be a surgeon, but I don't remember that. I think from the time I knew what was happening, I wanted to be a guitar player.