I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

I shoulda learned to play the guitar.

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

When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

A Strat was a thing of wonder .. when I was 14 or 15, the Shadows were a big influence, and they had the first Strats that came to England. I like to play all kinds of guitars, but I wasn't getting the sound I really wanted until I got a Stratocaster

I left for the same reasons everyone leaves jobs that are no longer fulfilling their hopes and aspirations. I didn't see myself spending the rest of my life being a strummer for someone else's dreams. Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative opportunities I needed to experience away from the bullshit and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.