When I do fall in love, I'll go to the ends of the earth for that person. I'd lay down on a carpet of nails for the person I love.
I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.
I love being a troubadour. I travel around the world with my wife and play little theaters. We have a ball.
I love being on the sea and the rolling of the ship, and for me, it's not really happening until we get a little wave action going, I love that feeling.
I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you.
In France, I discovered that I love writing in the city. There's such an intensity to being in the city that matches the intensity of what you're experiencing in your head.
I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.
I know that when I like music, when it touches my heart, that it will touch your heart, too. That, I think, is the secret to my success.
Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.
What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are trying to develop their own uniqueness.
I had no idea what awaited me when I took a job with CBS Records, and it was a total surprise to find I had a gift and an ear for music.
My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and I used to be really into that.
There's many different genres, and when you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that's the reality of what music is.
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.
If anybody is excited about my music, that's all I care about. I care about people who are excited about new music.
I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.
I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems formulaic.
I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first.
There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That's something I wanted in my paintings.
I'm not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there's no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected.
