Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived.

When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock & roll record, there's a hell of a long way rock & roll has to go.

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

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

From the classical guitar right through to the furthest electrical experiments and everything in-between, it's amazing what the guitar can actually do. I mean, when one thinks about sounds.

I spend a lot of time near water.

I bet you can't play slide piano.