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

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'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

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

There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.

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 used to go to the school folk club with my songs when I was only 13 or so and say "this is a traditional folk song" and sing it with a bad Irish accent to disguise the real source.