At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average middle-American or the average punter to differentiate between them.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.

I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.

It's a diabolical business. I can't imagine how hellish it must be to be hounded like Amy Winehouse and people like that. I have a little peripheral place on the outskirts of celebrity, when I go to premieres and that sort of stuff, which is as close as I want to get.

I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.

Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents.