It's great to have something you can be proud of.

The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.

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

I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.

Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.

The BBC, during its 24 hours on the air, plays a very wide range of stuff. And it's not commercial.