The guitar part is the pivot of everything we do, so if you change the guitar part you no longer have what it is.

I didn't sit down and work out other people's material; I've never believed in that.

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

The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.

During my early period I had custom-made overdrive stuff because I didn't like what they were making at the time.

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

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