Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with 'Stairway to Heaven.'

So far I've been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What more fortunate position can a musician be in?

I know what I want to get down and I haven't got much time to do it in.

There's such a wealth of arts and styles within the guitar... flamenco, jazz, rock, blues... you name it, it's there. In the early days my dream was to fuse all those styles. Now composing has become just as important.

When I went over to the States to promote Outrider, everyone was telling me I was a blues guitarist. I'm not a bloody blues guitarist. I'm a guitarist.

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.

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