The Only Way You Can

Most Guitar Players Get A Name Because The Band That They're In Has Become Popular. That Doesn't Mean That They're Particularly Good, Whereas Conversely, You've Got People Like Albert Lee, An Incredible Player, One Of My Favourites Who's Not In A Famous Band, So He Doesn't Get Into The Popularity Polls. I Have To Laugh At Some Of The People That Do Get Into The Popularity Polls - Some Of Them Are So Bad, But They're In A Band That's At The Top Of The Hit Parade. I Think People Mix That Up.

If A Ballet Dancer Falls Over, It's Knowing How To Get Out Looking Clumsy That Counts.

Pete Townshend Used To Crash Chords And Let The Guitar Feed Back. He's Overrated.

Jeff Beck Is My Idol .. Sometimes He Finds Notes That I Just Do Not Have On My Guitar. Frank Zappa's Another One .. I Loved Frank Zappa ... I Do Think Van Halen Reinvented The Guitar ... He's An Excellent Musician, A Shrewd Guitarist And As A Person He's Wonderful.

Sometimes If I'm Not Playing Well On Stage, I'll Purposely Play Even Worse; I'll Tear It Apart, Because I'm So Disgusted With What I'm Playing That I'll Go The Wrong Route: Instead Of Trying To Make It Better, I'll Go The Other Way And Really Make Myself Sound Bad. Which Is A Kind Of A Strange Outlook I Suppose, Really.