I like to piece together different guitarists, unlikely bedfellows. You have Jonny Greenwood playing next to Nile Rodgers on the same track, so it becomes like an orchestra of sounds.

I don't really have a great deal of spare time. I still have a house in the country, but I'm in London 90 percent of the time.

Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali.

When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move.

I very rarely play the piano at home. Deliberately, so that when I do play it, I love it.

I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label.

I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.