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

A lot of blues guitarists play with only three fingers, and they can't figure out certain runs that require the use of their little fingers. Classical training is good for that.

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.

I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits

I see someone like John Williams, the classical player, and the amount of discipline and the natural ability that man has is so frightening. That requires so much natural talent. And I think my talent came from just practising, and I feel a bit intimidated when I see players that good.

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

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