I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also will use any gadget or device that I find that helps me achieve the sort of sound on the guitar that I want to get.

Little ideas can pop into one's head at any time, and if I'm being reasonably efficient I've got it close enough to hand, then I pop that little tiny moment of a few seconds down onto a tape and then I can forget about it for... years sometimes.

Subconsciously you just pick up things into your sort of musical vocabulary and use them.

Don't bait your breath. That's bad for your health.

I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There's no devices, customized or otherwise, that give me my sound.

I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.

For me, gradually over the years, you refined your tastes in the way you do things and it becomes maybe less experimental.