I was only a teenager when I played with the Herd and Humble Pie, and I was still in my early twenties when 'Frampton Comes Alive!' came out. That was an immense amount of work in a relatively short period of time. I needed to stop for a while and grow up, but I didn't do that.
I figure I'm a mandolin player first and foremost, and everything else I've accomplished is just a scam.
I wanted to travel. I wanted hit records. I wanted success. I wanted respect, but not credibility - that's one thing Boyzone never looked for.
Our first No. 1 was 'Why' and we waited two years to have another one. It felt like forever, and now I feel like I'm celebrating one every few months, which I love.
Mozart was very much an arrested adolescent.
Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day.
I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success... where have you been the last 20 years?
It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.
I have had some amazing experiences as a musician - even with my modest skills.
I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there.
The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.
When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music.
Paul knew I could sing, write and play, and so he rang me. It knocked me sideways a little because I wasn't used to being a sidekick. That was the first time I'd been with a band with someone more famous than me.
In postscript let's just say that I am very fortunate cause I've gotten to work with a lot of great bands!
I really have a lot of respect for music, the art form of music. It's my whole life. I don't care about any of that other stuff. And I have always felt that way. I'll build a career on my own merits, my own hard work and nothing else.
For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard... If I'm in the papers, grace, but I want to be there for the right reasons - for my music.
From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band.
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues.
I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
My musical journey with A. R. Rahman is filled with personal milestones and realisations.
People didn't know I played guitar on all the hit records I had. I've never been in an acoustic guitar magazine and I'd put myself up against anybody.
I don't really regret much of my music life.
My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer.
