The only term I won't accept is "genius."

I'm over 30 now, but I didn't expect to be here.

The only term I won't accept is "genius."

I spend a lot of time near water.

I remember one particular occasion when I hadn't played a solo for, quite literally, a couple of months. And I was asked to play a solo on a rock & roll thing. I played it and felt that what I'd done was absolute crap. I was so disgusted with myself that I made my mind up that I had to get out of it. It was messing me right up.

There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term "genius," but you're treading on thin ice if you start applying it to rock & rollers.

I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don't really care about The Next Big Thing.