I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.

Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that'll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.

From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.

And I don't like having my picture taken. I'm almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.

One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma.

I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

And if I don't be there by morning, she'll know that I must've spent the night in jail.