I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.

The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.

I don't have a problem with drugs, I have a problem with policemen.

I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned before hand ... you've got to give the band something to use its imagination on as well. That can make a very ordinary song come alive into something totally different ... the X-factor - so important in rock and roll - which is the feel.

It's a privilege just to wake up to a new day.

There's a demon in me, and he's still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.