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

I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

I do hear snippets on the radio. I do hear a little bit of me, sometimes great chunks of me. But I have to take that as a compliment; there's no way you can get sour grapes about that. But if somebody starts taking your whole new thing lock, stock, and barrel, and do their own version of it before you do it, that's not on.

If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.

I wanted to be in Rolling Stone number two with a tomorrow feel to it, like an experimental Rolling Stones with Jagger singing.

When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval.

Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When you think of all the subtleties that were built into the guitar and amps for you to discover they completely cover the whole lot with a rack of effects. The guitar doesn't need that.