I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.

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

There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was just some weird mist coming from the East out of an amp.

I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I just had to have one.

I never really felt at home with that - the headbands, the roses, the feet, the peace sign, all that bollocks. That wasn't me at all; I felt like a fish totally out of water during the mid-'60s thing.