There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

If you're a guitarist, you should not be intimidated by using your instrument as a synthesizer, but you shouldn't feel that you have to own one, either.

I've got four or five records in my head at a time that I try to work on and I would like to do a guitar trio record next - since The Police I've mostly made records with keyboards.

In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom.

What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.

I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.

For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.

It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.

The intelligent have plans

Pure heart begets pure body, soul and spirit.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.

It's so amazing to hear a crowd of people singing one of your songs. It's the best feeling.

It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is generally the most foolish romantic.

If I'm not passionate about it, I can't write it. I can't fake it.

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate.

I have been loved, Edward told the stars. So? said the stars. What difference does that make when you are all alone now?

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.

Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.