When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.

I can never remember what I do even in the studio.

I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.

I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness.

I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.

I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.

Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums.