- [in 2004) All the players I looked up to - Beck (Jeff Beck), Clapton (Eric Clapton), Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix), Peter Green - had a unique voice on the guitar. You don't really hear that now in pop music.
- I don't want to show off as much as before. You realize you don't have to play so many notes - Albert King taught me that, about leaving space, and it really hit home. The blues is a minimalist thing - it's like sculpting, you chip away everything you don't need until you are left with the best bits.
- I fooled myself for a while. I got to the end of the '80s and got sucked in to the whole fastest gun in the west thing. But it was a good grounding for me. Then, once I got a certain amount of success, I got to feel free to do what I want. People like Jeff Beck were not afraid to try new things.
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