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..

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

There are no plans to do any more live stuff. I really feel like there's enough live shows out there..

I use a combination of all my influences on my albums..

To me there's a definite way of doing a song. If I didn't think that, I wouldn't have done it that way in the first place..

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

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

I will obviously take on board everything from my past, I always do..

Music has nothing to do with your technical ability..

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

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

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

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..

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

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs..

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

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

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

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

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