I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar.
I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.
The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
Simplicity is the key.
Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.
When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible.
When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.
Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.
Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.
They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.
Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.
I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.
Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?
I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band.
I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.
I think a lot about death more than life, because we're going towards death.
The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.
If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.
