If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.
I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more.
I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.
The main riff for 'SandMan' was just something I wrote one night.
Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.
We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.