Live Aid did feel like one hour's rehearsal after several years, but to be part of Live Aid was wonderful. It reall was.

My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.

The guitar to me, from the classical/gut-string guitar right through to Hendrix, et cetera, has all the range [of sound]. Within those six strings it is incredible what one can get sound-wise. It's just down to imagination, really.

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.

But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days.

You can't buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.

I'm not interested in turning anybody on to anybody that I'm turned on to... if people want to find things, they find them themselves.