Once you start copying other people's licks, you begin thinking they're yours. Doing that's just an easy way out.

If you want to do rock and roll, forget about those who've come after '65.

I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.

If all you've got is somebody else's stuff that you've lifted, nothing really deep, then it is going to thin out.

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.

If you feel people getting on about what you are doing, it gives you a lift.

I will obviously take on board everything from my past, I always do.