Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.

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

My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects.

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.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

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

I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I'd also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn't have an acoustic guitar at the time, I used to borrow one from a friend so I could play folk joints.