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

I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that's what I wanted it to be.

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

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

My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.

I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.

You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it.