It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.

It gives me a good feeling to know that people out there really care.

I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.

The States still has the best audiences by far.

I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.

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

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.