I know there will be no more tears in heaven.

My definition of Blues is that it's a musical form which is very disciplined and structured coupled with a state of mind, and you can have either of those things but it's the two together that make it what it is. And you need to be a student for one, and a human being for the other, but those things alone don't do it.

You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.

It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I've come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.

My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.

Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant.

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy.