Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.

I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work.

So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.

I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

A person can do incredible things if he or she has enough hope.

Proper deformity shows not in the fiendSo horrid as in woman.

There is nothing that can satisfy a tasty soul accept the living water.

There is a correlation between the severity of a person’s moods and a lack of self-knowledge.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.

Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!

Troubled is a polite word for what I am.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.