“Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a ki...” — Syd Barrett Quote

Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around.

When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.

I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends.

I wasn't always this introverted.

A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.

Got two kids; one's a record producer who lives just up the road from me - great guitarist and piano player, too.

I learned mainly by listening to Andres Segovia and that was a great inspiration. And also the gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.

It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist.

I'm not particularly good at anything. I'm not an incredible guitarist or piano player or songwriter. I think what I do is, when I notice someone is really good at something, I try to get that out of them.