Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.

Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.

I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines.

It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it. You have to make an effort, but not go overboard.

It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing over the top. And as an instrument for solos, you can bend notes, draw emotional content out of tiny movements, vibratos and tonal things which even a piano can't do.

I take a script and mull over it and underline the bits I want to emphasize. When I go to the set, I know exactly what I want to do.