The way I see it, rock & roll is folk music. Street music. It isn't taught in school. It has to be picked up.

You can't expect to be the same person you were three years ago. Some people expect you to be and can't come to terms with the fact that if a year has elapsed between LPs, that means one year's worth of changes. The material consequently is affected by that, the lyrics are affected by that... the music too.

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.

Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.

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

There's always music that moves me. It doesn't necessarily mean that it's within the parenthesis of rock or blues, or whatever. It's usually far more reaching than that. It can be in many different genres.

I can listen to all different sorts of music. I don't really care about The Next Big Thing.