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

Led Zeppelin didn't get that kind of Beatles screaming. We had a more sort of macho crowd. But I remember once in the early days of The Yardbirds, we were playing on an ice rink, and the stage was mobbed by screaming girls. I had my clothes torn off me. That's a really uncomfortable experience, let me tell you.

All my houses are isolated. Many is the time I just stay home alone.

I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it.

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

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.

There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement.