If I could sing, I wouldnt be a guitarist..

I can't say I feel influenced by today's guitar players..

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there..

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

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

The States still has the best audiences by far..

Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business..

There's more power in the simpler things, I think..

I can't imagine ever going back to working with somebody else..

A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream..

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

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence..

I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent..

I remember the snow in Canada and the lovely weather in New Zealand. And I slightly remember going to school there..

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato..

People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart..

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

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

I feel that my playing on the first album was probably some of my best..

If you want to do rock and roll, forget about those who've come after '65..

I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets..