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I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos that are little songs within the songs.

And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it.

I've always done very 'composed' music and worked-out solos. But sometimes it's fun not knowing where you're going.

I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies.

In order to make my solo shows as interesting as possible, I moved songs onto very different instruments so that I was moving instruments quite a lot during the set.

You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.

Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.