Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.

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.

This week, I'm a gypsy. Maybe next week it'll be glitter rock.

There is far more sensitivity in acoustic guitar players than could ever be compared to any synthesizer. That's a personal point of view but that's the way I see it. I think that's what it's all about. The drive, the fire, the passion - it all comes out on the guitar.

Everything that came later... the roots are all there in the first album.

I'm not afraid of death. That is the greatest mystery of all. That'll be it, that one. But it is all a race against time.

It's interesting when something new comes along, a band of dwarfs playing electronic harps or something, but I'm not searching.