I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that's a strong character, the stronger the person is.

I feel Aleister Crowley is a misunderstood genius of the 20th century. Because his whole thing was liberation of the person, of the entity, and that restrictions would foul you up, lead to frustration which leads to violence, crime, mental breakdown, depending on what sort of makeup you have underneath. The further this age we're in now gets into technology and alienation, a lot of the points he's made seem to manifest themselves all down the line.

That's the music that I play at home all the time, Joni Mitchell. Court and Spark I love because I'd always hoped that she'd work with a band. But the main thing with Joni is that she's able to look at something that's happened to her, draw back and crystallize the whole situation, then write about it. She brings tears to my eyes, what more can I say? It's bloody eerie. I can relate so much to what she says. "Now old friends are acting strange/They shake their heads/They say I've changed."

I love playing. If it was down to just that, it would be utopia.

I'm pretty optimistic about the future of rock... it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz.

You know what you can gain when you sit down with the Moroccans. As a person and as a musician. That's how you grow.

So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.