He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today.

Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow.

Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the critics that the guitar was old hat; I was reminded of the way my father & his clarinets were written off in the late Fifties.

I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine.

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.