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

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs..

My energy flagged because of heavy cold but the guys took up the slack..

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

Music has nothing to do with your technical ability..

It's great to have something you can be proud of..

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

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

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different..

I don't tend to stand still for very long..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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