I saw an interview with Keith Richards. He said, 'How else could a kid in Dartford suddenly connect with and understand what Muddy Waters is singing?' There's a cultural difference, but there's just something in that music that subconsciously or internally you just understand; it just makes sense.

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.

When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you have you throw away, because it's always going to end up sounding pretty different from what you initially thought of. I probably only had about five or six songs when I started, and it just sort of flowed from that.

I think if you're a creative person, then you're always kinda looking to move things along - 'Where else can I go? Where can I take this?' From painters to photographers - anything creative in the arts - if you're a true artist, I think you'll always look to do something else. 'Where else can I go with it?' Do you know what I mean?

You do your runway show, and it's all over the Internet before I see anything on there.

Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.