I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.

Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.

I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.'

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

When I got my first Marshall amp, it was so empowering. No one ever forgets their first Marshall amp if you're a guitar player pursuing a big powerful sound. I mean, no one ever forgets their first Marshall amp.