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

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

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

Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.

When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.

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

I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.