I Do Not Worship The Devil. But

There's Such A Wealth Of Arts And Styles Within The Guitar... Flamenco, Jazz, Rock, Blues... You Name It, It's There. In The Early Days My Dream Was To Fuse All Those Styles. Now Composing Has Become Just As Important.

I Bet You Can't Play Slide Piano.

The Guitar To Me, From The Classical/gut-string Guitar Right Through To Hendrix, Et Cetera, Has All The Range [of Sound]. Within Those Six Strings It Is Incredible What One Can Get Sound-wise. It's Just Down To Imagination, Really.

You Never Knew What Was Going To Happen In Concert. It Was A Really Exciting Prospect To Go Onstage, And You Can Hear That In The Live Recordings ... Wherever We Were And Whatever Year It Was, We Always Went Onstage Determined To Do Our Best.

There's A Very Old Recording Maxim That Goes, 'distance Makes Depth.' I've Used That A Hell Of A Lot-whether It's Tracking Guitars Or The Whole Band. People Are Used To Close-miking Amps, But I'd Have A Mic Out Around The Back, As Well, And Then Balance The Two. Also, You Shouldn't Have To Use Eq In The Studio If The Instruments Sound Right. You Should Be Able To Get The Right Tones Simply With The Science Of Microphone Placement.