Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

Well, I was born in Scotland and spent the first six years of my life there. Then I went to Newcastle-On-Tyne in northeast England, close to Scotland.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.

I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them.