My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long, tall glass of lager and lime was heaven, and I chose not to remember the nights on which I had sat with a bottle of vodka, a gram of coke and a shotgun, contemplating suicide.

I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I'm gonna blow you both away.

I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together.

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.