I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer

My big hobby is photography. I collect stereo photographs from the 19th century.

If I go to places where other people are playing, I often get up and play myself. I just enjoy the sound and feel of playing.

I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike.

The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.