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I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

That is the true joy of being a solo artist. I can do whatever I want. I can go wherever I want. I can show up with my guitar and my song, and it can sound a hundred different ways. That's the freedom of being on your own. The flipside is: That's you on the cover. If it sucks, it's your fault.

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

Solo concerts are murder, I find; I don't like doing them.

I mean, I really, really love playing solo. Definitely, it's like a labor of love, it's not a huge career. It's not that successful, but it's something I love so much that I'll do it regardless.

It's good fun, making a solo album, because there's perhaps songs that wouldn't get used for the Stones or any other kind of outfit that I'm working with. It's just nice to be the boss.

I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.

I have no want or desire to solo. I'd rather create melodies and accompanying parts.