The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos, but they also understood the importance of energy and intensity

I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.

I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.

India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.

When I got sober and started working out, I fell into that trap of working out too much. I know a lot of guys can relate to that - if you don't get that runner's high every day, you feel like, 'Oh my God, I'm losing it.'

I don't need to speak...I play the guitar!