I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.

I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.

People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart.

There's more power in the simpler things, I think.

Once you start copying other people's licks, you begin thinking they're yours. Doing that's just an easy way out.

To me there's a definite way of doing a song. If I didn't think that, I wouldn't have done it that way in the first place.