If You Are In A Band Or

These Days I Don't Look To Other People With The Objective Of Trying To Steal Their Licks, Although I've Got No Objections To Stealing Them If That Seems Like A Good Idea. I'm Sure That I'm Still Influenced By Mark Knopfler And Eddie Van Halen As Well......i Can't Play Like Eddie Van Halen. I Wish I Could. I Sat Down To Try Some Of Those Ideas And Can't Do It. I Don't Know If I Could Ever Get Any Of That Stuff Together. Sometimes I Think I Should Work At The Guitar More.

Obviously Record Companies Tend To Be Following What The Scene Is Rather Than Making The Scene.

Adrian Maben Came To Us With The Idea. And We Just Thought, "well, Why Not?" I Don't Think Any Of Us Thought It Would Be As Well Received And Last In People's Minds For As Long As It Did. All Credit To Him. It's His Idea [pink Floyd At Pompeii] And It Was Great.

Yes, There's A Lot Of The Blues In My Playing.

I Am Not A Technophobe And I Am Using The Latest Technology Today, Some 30-odd Years Later, And I Am Really Enjoying What Some Of The New Technologies Can Offer. But At The Same Time I Am Always Aware That One Can Get Bogged Down In That Technology And That It Can Become More Than Just A Method. That's Something That You Have To Be Slightly Careful Of.