“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.”

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.

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.

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

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

Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I’ve ever heard.

I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that’s what I wanted it to be.

If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.

I’m only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.

A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.

I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that’s a strong character, the stronger the person is.

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall’s on `Reelin’ In The Years’.