“Fantastic guitar player. And he’s had a strong influence on me all the way through.”

I think I come under the singer/songwriter badge. I’ve always written songs right from the very beginning. Because of my style of playing people tend of me more of a guitar player than a singer sometimes.

I’d always had an interest in guitar from about seven years old. But I first actually had lessons when I was about fifteen in Scotland, in Edinburgh.

There was a folk club there and a girl called Jill Doyle taught me the guitar, who happened to be Davey Graham’s sister. Davey Graham is one of my heroes and always has been.

Im not one for showing off. But I guess my guitar-playing sticks out.

I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I can fathom. It’s fantastic to realise how insignificant you are.

A true buddy is a person who thinks that you’ll be a fantastic egg although he is aware that you are somewhat cracked.

From my point of view, things don’t have to change to get better. Things are fantastic.

I have such a fantastic life that I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude for it. . . . But I don’t have anyone to express my gratitude to. This is a void deep inside me, a void of wanting someone to thank, and I don’t see any plausible way of filling it.

I use charcoal a lot. Partly because it has such a fantastic range but also because it is very easy to erase.

My characters do have some fantastic taste in men.

I got into comics about the same time as music. By 12 years old, I had discovered my dad’s killer comic book collection filled with Silver Age books from his youth…early Spider-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four,

The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it’s not something I’ve ever used and I don’t think I ever will.