I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment.

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.

I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is

1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to that, that I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times, and that the guitar was the one instrument that my parents absolutely refused to let in the house. So you add it up and see that irresistible forces led me to the guitar.

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I don't even have to think and I can get right to what it is I want to say.