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Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.

That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos.

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

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.

If you're playing with a number of people, there are all sorts of textures, all kinds of possibilities you can get into. So why just play a theme together and then take solos?

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

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.

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