I Could Write Songs As

The Very First Concert I Ever Went To On My Own Was Actually Rory Gallagher. In A One-month Period In 1973 Or '74, I Saw Him, Thin Lizzy And The Rolling Stones. I Wasn't Really A Big Rory Gallagher Fan, But I Thought His Guitar Playing Was Fabulous. But Thin Lizzy, They Were Fabulous.

Nobody Notices Me. Nobody Thinks I'm Me. But Then I Look Less Like Me Than Most Of The People Coming To Our Concerts.

A Lot Of Journalists Give Me A Hard Time About How I Look, But I've Never Met A Journalist I'd Rather Look Like.

I Have Never Liked Morrissey, And I Still Don't. I Think It's Hilarious, Actually, What Things I've Heard About Him, What He's Really Like, And His Public Persona Is So Different. He's Such An Actor.

Hendrix Was The First Person I Had Come Across Who Seemed Completely Free, And When You're Nine Or 10, Your Life Is Entirely Dominated By Adults. So He Represented This Thing That I Wanted To Be. Hendrix Was The First Person Who Made Me Think It Might Be Good To Be A Singer And A Guitarist - Before That I Wanted To Be A Footballer.