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'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 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.

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

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 poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw.

All girls hit that phase where they like the bad boy. I grew out of that really young and I have a wonderful guy in my life who's not a bad boy at all. I like the satiric, consistent nice guy.

Forgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)

Hyphens, like cats, are capable of arousing tenderness or shudders.

There are a lot of young, well-educated, artistic people out there that like to be entertained.

The Force is neither light nor dark, master nor slave, but a balance between extremes.

You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.