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It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.

When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing.

In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just got really disillusioned with playing the guitar. The further it went on, the less and less I played, to a point where I couldn't pick it up any more.

I was a guitar player first off.

The guitar chose me.

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world.

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar.