Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate in black cool. Everything he did was natural and perfect.

Nowadays you can record on your laptop with Pro Tools, which I do quite often.

There's a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don't know what it is. But I've got it.

I have a lot of growing up to do. But I think, 'Hell, is it too late?'

When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'm being taken seriously. I've got highfalutin art collectors and everything!

I go off into Dublin and two days later I'm spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of new friends.

We'll rock till we drop. We have all agreed this won't be the last time. Everyone's rocking.